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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. 135 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

135 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: 9
Museums: 6
Nature reserves: 6
Artworks: 6
Cliffs: 5
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 HillENE 72°410 m15.8 mi
Sullivan HillENE 62°410 m19.7 mi
Red HillESE 121°410 m19.8 mi
Camels HumpENE 59°406 m16.3 mi
Hedley KnobENE 65°404 m19.0 mi
Tower HillSE 125°400 m12.3 mi
Blue KnobN 4°392 m10.4 mi
Bald KnobENE 65°392 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 5080 °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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