Tunnel Bluff
Tunnel Bluff is a cliff in Missouri, at a recorded elevation of 267 m. Graveyard Hill stands 379 m to the east, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Perkins Bluff, a cliff 1.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 - MO passes 26 miles off. 100 named places lie within 25 miles, 22 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 267 m
How to reach it
- 25.6 mi off the Historic Route 66 - MO
100 named places within 25 miles
- Cedar Ridge Park: 1.3 mi
- Masters Park: 2.8 mi
- Stockton State Park: 5.9 mi
- Mutton Creek Park: 6.9 mi
- Mutton Creek North Access: 6.9 mi
- Perkins Bluff: 1.2 mi
- Blair Bluff: 3.4 mi
- Tommy Bluff: 4.2 mi
- Sorters Bluff: 6.4 mi
- Downs Bluff: 6.4 mi
- Knothead Hill: 4.2 mi
- Bungalow Hill: 4.7 mi
- Indian Hill: 5.3 mi
- Scott Hill: 6.4 mi
- The Mound: 6.5 mi
- Pearl Creek Farm: 17.2 mi
- Schuette Prairie: 17.5 mi
- Little Sac Woods Conservation Area: 19.0 mi
- Stony Point Prairie Conservation Area: 20.2 mi
- Sentinel Conservation Area: 23.1 mi
- Polk County Museum: 13.7 mi
- Community Garden: 13.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Tunnel Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graveyard Hill | E 100° | 379 m | 18.6 mi |
| Sand Mountain | SSE 157° | 369 m | 16.6 mi |
| The Mound | SSW 208° | 352 m | 19.7 mi |
| Bryant Mound | SSW 205° | 351 m | 18.7 mi |
| The Mound | N 352° | 333 m | 6.5 mi |
| Grisham Knob | ESE 118° | 327 m | 11.5 mi |
| Turkey Knob | ESE 115° | 326 m | 7.9 mi |
| Bunker Hill | S 175° | 323 m | 8.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:01 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:39 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:19 | 17:00 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 38 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 76 | 80 | 79 | 71 | 59 | 48 | 38 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 4.8 | 5.9 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stockton DAM, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358044132
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