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Saltpeter Bluff

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Elevation
245 m
Tallest summit within 25 miles
Buffalo Knob305 m · 11.9 mi
Nearest byway
Great River Road - Missouri1.3 mi off
Sunset, June solstice
20:34local time
Coordinates
39.2409, -90.8407
Saltpeter Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Saltpeter Bluff is a cliff in Missouri, at a recorded 245 m. Buffalo Knob stands 305 m to the west-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Woodson Knob, a peak 1.5 miles away. Great River Road - Missouri passes 1.3 miles off. 144 named places lie within 25 miles, 47 of them named summits.

Elevation
245 m

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Saltpeter Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buffalo KnobWNW 284°305 m11.9 mi
Springston KnobW 272°280 m6.3 mi
Ben Watts KnobWNW 294°275 m6.3 mi
Tedlock KnobW 270°275 m6.6 mi
Long KnobNW 315°267 m11.5 mi
Dale KnobW 278°263 m5.3 mi
Tower KnobNW 321°259 m8.2 mi
Purtle KnobWSW 239°257 m2.1 mi

Overlooks nearby

144 named places within 25 miles

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4019:16
June solstice05:3819:5420:34
September equinox06:5218:2719:02
December solstice07:2016:0216:44

Local time (America/Chicago).

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