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SHS Tiger Tank

SHS Tiger Tank from directly overhead

SHS Tiger Tank is a historic site in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 356 m. Crooked Hill stands 410 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is SHS Football, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 80 miles off. 130 named places lie within 25 miles, 15 of them named summits.

Mural of a Tiger on a large steel tank

How to reach it

Coordinates37.64500, -91.54886

130 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 40
  • First Baptist Courtyard: 0.5 mi
  • Dent County Fairgound: 0.6 mi
  • Craig Plaza: 0.7 mi
  • Al Brown Ball Fields: 0.7 mi
  • Roadside Park: 0.8 mi
Springs: 20
Peaks: 15
  • Ball Hill: 10.1 mi
  • Wards Hill: 10.3 mi
  • Blue Knob: 10.4 mi
  • Tower Hill: 12.3 mi
  • Craig Hill: 14.5 mi
Ghost towns: 13
Historic sites: 9
  • SHS Football: 0.1 mi
  • Civil War Memorial: 0.8 mi
  • Obstetrics Wing: 1.5 mi
  • Jeanie B. Weaver Dialysis Unit: 1.6 mi
  • Dr. Martin Hart Plaque: 1.6 mi
Attractions: 6
Museums: 6
Nature reserves: 6
Artworks: 5
Cliffs: 4
Gardens: 2
Picnic sites: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Pulltite: 21.8 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 24.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Crooked HillENE410 m15.8 mi
Sullivan HillENE410 m19.7 mi
Red HillESE410 m19.8 mi
Camels HumpENE406 m16.3 mi
Hedley KnobENE404 m19.0 mi
Tower HillSE400 m12.3 mi
Blue KnobN392 m10.4 mi
Bald KnobENE392 m21.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4419:18
June solstice05:4619:5320:32
September equinox06:5518:3019:05
December solstice07:1816:1116:52

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323746566472767568574536
Precip in2.72.84.05.05.64.23.74.34.03.73.92.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salem, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5788083157

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