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Steep Bluff

Steep Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Steep Bluff is a cliff in Missouri, at a recorded elevation of 281 m. Whitney Mountain stands 552 m to the southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Turkey Mountain, a peak 0.1 miles away. Sugar Camp Scenic Byway passes 4.0 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
281 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.58201, -93.68380
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Cliffs: 29
Attractions: 20
Museums: 19
Springs: 10
  • Roaring River Spring: 8.3 mi
  • Magnetic Springs: 12.2 mi
  • Grotto Spring: 12.2 mi
  • Crescent Spring: 12.4 mi
  • Congress Spring: 12.4 mi
Nature reserves: 7
Ghost towns: 7
Historic sites: 7
  • Civil War Healing: 12.8 mi
  • Clemens House site: 20.2 mi
  • Reunited Soldiery Monument: 20.5 mi
  • Confederate Monument: 20.5 mi
  • Lest We Forget 9/11 Memorial: 24.8 mi
Artworks: 4
Beaches: 3
Waterfalls: 3
Gardens: 2
Picnic sites: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 6.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • short term/exstended trucker parking bathroom during busness hours: 14.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.3 miles of Steep Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Whitney MountainSW 226°552 m18.0 mi
Anderson MountainSSE 150°552 m21.1 mi
Pond MountainSSW 195°542 m15.8 mi
Swain MountainSSW 193°540 m20.6 mi
Rich MountainSW 232°535 m17.4 mi
Brushy KnobsSSE 151°531 m15.5 mi
Brother KnobsSSE 147°526 m15.8 mi
Devils Eye BrowWSW 241°525 m16.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5319:27
June solstice05:5719:5920:37
September equinox07:0318:3919:13
December solstice07:2416:2317:03

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333847556472777668584637
Precip in2.52.33.95.06.24.84.23.34.63.83.93.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cassville, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358065076

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