Yellow Bluff
Yellow Bluff is a cliff in Missouri, at a recorded elevation of 248 m. Pilot Knob stands 372 m to the east-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Mossy Spring, a spring 3.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 104 miles off. 122 named places lie within 25 miles, 10 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 248 m
How to reach it
- 103.7 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 5.4 mi off the Historic Route 66 - MO
- 117.3 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
122 named places within 25 miles
- Ozark Mountain Ranch: 4.2 mi
- Dixon City Park: 5.9 mi
- Fort Leonard Wood State Wildlife Management Area: 6.4 mi
- George M. Reed Roadside Park: 6.4 mi
- Saint Robert Municipal Park: 6.5 mi
- Mossy Spring: 3.1 mi
- Boiling Spring: 5.5 mi
- Shanghai Spring: 6.1 mi
- Roubidoux Spring: 7.1 mi
- Creasy Spring: 8.0 mi
- Hooker: 5.3 mi
- Clementine: 6.7 mi
- Arlington: 8.7 mi
- Spring Creek: 11.9 mi
- Westcott: 13.3 mi
- Lost Hill: 6.9 mi
- Deckers Point: 8.8 mi
- Pilot Knob: 19.3 mi
- Pilot Knob: 19.8 mi
- House Mounds: 20.3 mi
- Uranus, Missouri: 6.0 mi
- Frog Rock: 6.8 mi
- John's "Modern" Cabins: 10.4 mi
- Sugar Tree Outer Road, Dead Ends: 10.7 mi
- Jack Carney Puck and Plaza: 19.7 mi
- Clifty Creek Conservation Area: 11.6 mi
- Clifty Creek Natural Area: 12.1 mi
- Marguerite Bray Conservation Area: 16.3 mi
- Ross Access: 17.4 mi
- Audubon Trails Nature Center: 19.5 mi
- Bryant Bluff: 7.5 mi
- Duerson Slide: 11.0 mi
- Red Bluff: 13.1 mi
- Bell Bluff: 13.7 mi
- Pine Bluff: 18.7 mi
- Circus Sideshow Museum: 6.0 mi
- Old Stagecoach Stop: 6.9 mi
- Pulaski County Museum: 6.9 mi
- U.S. Army Engineer, Chemical, and Military Police Museum: 11.6 mi
- Phelps County Historical Society: 19.7 mi
- Millennium People: 19.6 mi
- Millennium People: 19.6 mi
- Jesus Statue: 19.7 mi
- Gary Havener Statue: 19.7 mi
- Saint Patrick Statue: 19.7 mi
- Trail of Tears Memorial: 8.2 mi
- Rolla Inn: 18.7 mi
- Missouri S&T Stonehenge: 19.6 mi
- Clifty Creek Natural Bridge: 12.0 mi
- Natural Bridge: 12.4 mi
- Paddy Creek Natural Arch: 24.8 mi
- Truck Parking: 12.2 mi
- Truck Parking: 12.3 mi
- Gary Thomas Memorial Garden: 19.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Yellow Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Knob | ESE 110° | 372 m | 19.3 mi |
| Cabbage Head | SSE 167° | 332 m | 21.3 mi |
| High Point | NNW 329° | 288 m | 23.3 mi |
| Pilot Knob | ENE 63° | 286 m | 19.8 mi |
| Thompson Hill | N 355° | 252 m | 24.5 mi |
| House Mounds | NNE 27° | 250 m | 23.3 mi |
| Lost Hill | SSE 158° | 241 m | 6.9 mi |
| House Mounds | NNW 332° | 241 m | 20.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:56 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:12 | 16:53 |
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 | 33 | 37 | 47 | 57 | 65 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 69 | 58 | 47 | 37 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waynesville 2 W, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358046248
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