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Big Bay Public Use Area

Big Bay Public Use Area from directly overhead

Big Bay Public Use Area is a park in Missouri, at a recorded elevation of 302 m. Anderson Mountain stands 552 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Shell Knob, a peak 1.4 miles away. Sugar Camp Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
302 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.61840, -93.56741
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Cliffs: 30
Museums: 23
  • World's Largest Toy Museum: 15.6 mi
  • Dinosaur Museum: 15.7 mi
  • Ripley's Believe It or Not! Odditorium: 15.8 mi
  • Titanic Museum: 16.0 mi
  • Hollywood Wax Museum: 16.1 mi
Attractions: 21
Springs: 10
  • Carney Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Gum Spring: 14.8 mi
  • Roaring River Spring: 14.8 mi
  • Magnetic Springs: 17.0 mi
  • Grotto Spring: 17.2 mi
Ghost towns: 8
Nature reserves: 6
Artworks: 4
Historic sites: 4
  • Civil War Healing: 17.7 mi
  • Lest We Forget 9/11 Memorial: 18.2 mi
  • Veteran's Grove: 18.3 mi
  • The Missouri Gold Star Families Memorial: 18.3 mi
Beaches: 3
Picnic sites: 2
Gardens: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 11.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • short term/exstended trucker parking bathroom during busness hours: 21.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.4 miles of Big Bay Public Use Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Anderson MountainSSE 169°552 m21.1 mi
Gage MountainS 172°547 m24.1 mi
Pond MountainSSW 211°542 m20.6 mi
Crystal MountainS 170°539 m23.1 mi
Potato HillS 169°537 m24.1 mi
Rich MountainWSW 236°535 m24.1 mi
Miller MountainSSE 166°532 m21.3 mi
Brushy KnobsS 176°531 m16.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5219:26
June solstice05:5719:5820:37
September equinox07:0318:3919:13
December solstice07:2416:2317:03

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333846566574787769574636
Precip in2.52.74.45.15.54.34.13.04.33.74.32.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Galena, 14 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Prairie Lizard4 obs
  • Canada Goose3 obs
  • North American Wheel Bug3 obs
  • Golden-eye Lichen3 obs
  • Asian Clam3 obs
  • red deadnettle2 obs
  • rose vervain2 obs
  • Giant Floater2 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358063122

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