Turnpike Bluff
Turnpike Bluff is a cliff in Missouri, at a recorded elevation of 154 m. Pilot Knob stands 300 m to the south-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Church Bluff, a cliff 2.0 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 76 miles off. 69 named places lie within 25 miles, 13 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 154 m
How to reach it
- 75.8 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 64.3 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 33.1 mi off the Historic Route 66 - MO
69 named places within 25 miles
- River Park: 5.3 mi
- Stires Memorial Park: 9.3 mi
- Roadside Park: 9.9 mi
- Hermann City Park: 10.6 mi
- Deutschheim State Historic Site: 11.1 mi
- Cave Hill: 7.6 mi
- Pilot Knobs: 8.4 mi
- Boland Knob: 10.9 mi
- Hood Hill: 12.2 mi
- Smith Hill: 13.5 mi
- Ryors: 9.8 mi
- Senate Grove: 13.9 mi
- Manda: 14.3 mi
- Feuersville: 14.6 mi
- Garrett: 14.7 mi
- Fredericksburg Ferry Access: 2.7 mi
- Grand Bluffs Conservation Area: 8.2 mi
- Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge St. Aubert Island Unit.: 14.1 mi
- Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Berger Bend Unit: 15.3 mi
- Daniel Boone Conservation Area: 16.4 mi
- Church Bluff: 2.0 mi
- Pin Oak Bluff: 6.9 mi
- Kallmeyers Bluff: 11.7 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 12.0 mi
- Edwards Bluff: 12.5 mi
- Hydrofoil Pier: 5.6 mi
- Hermann Caboose: 11.3 mi
- Cote Sans Dessin: 22.1 mi
- Play Day Farm: 22.6 mi
- USS Aries: 5.6 mi
- Historic Hermann Museum: 11.1 mi
- Hermann River Memorial: 11.1 mi
- Hermann: Germania's Liberator: 11.1 mi
- Ace of Spades Garden Art: 11.2 mi
- Missouri Valley Ice Cream Mural: 11.3 mi
- Big Spring: 15.0 mi
- Meyers Spring: 22.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Turnpike Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Knob | SSW 212° | 300 m | 21.4 mi |
| Cave Hill | S 173° | 280 m | 7.6 mi |
| Kaiser Hill | E 88° | 280 m | 15.8 mi |
| Negro Hill | NE 34° | 278 m | 13.8 mi |
| Boland Knob | NNE 23° | 273 m | 10.9 mi |
| Bald Hill | ESE 117° | 248 m | 18.1 mi |
| Cedar Hill | S 175° | 247 m | 14.6 mi |
| Pilot Knobs | SSE 161° | 246 m | 8.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:55 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:30 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:07 | 16:49 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 35 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 68 | 56 | 45 | 35 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Freedom, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358044168
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