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Eagle Rock Public Use Area

Eagle Rock Public Use Area from directly overhead

Eagle Rock Public Use Area is a park in Missouri, at a recorded elevation of 296 m. Whitney Mountain stands 552 m to the southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Pelican Mountain, a peak 2.4 miles away. Sugar Camp Scenic Byway passes 1.5 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
296 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.52729, -93.73019

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Cliffs: 34
Springs: 10
  • Roaring River Spring: 7.2 mi
  • Grotto Spring: 8.0 mi
  • Magnetic Springs: 8.1 mi
  • Crescent Spring: 8.3 mi
  • Congress Spring: 8.3 mi
Attractions: 9
Museums: 9
Ghost towns: 7
Artworks: 4
Historic sites: 4
  • Civil War Healing: 8.7 mi
  • Clemens House site: 16.4 mi
  • Confederate Monument: 16.7 mi
  • Reunited Soldiery Monument: 16.7 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Beaches: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 6.9 mi
Gardens: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • short term/exstended trucker parking bathroom during busness hours: 11.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of Eagle Rock Public Use Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Whitney MountainSW 230°552 m13.6 mi
Pond MountainS 187°542 m11.5 mi
Swain MountainS 187°540 m16.4 mi
Rich MountainWSW 238°535 m13.1 mi
Brushy KnobsSE 134°531 m14.1 mi
Brother KnobsSE 130°526 m14.6 mi
Devils Eye BrowWSW 251°525 m12.8 mi
Grindstone MountainS 190°524 m11.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5319:27
June solstice05:5819:5920:37
September equinox07:0418:3919:13
December solstice07:2416:2317:04

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343846556472777668574537

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Seligman, 12 mi away.

  • Three-toed Box Turtle5 obs
  • frostweed4 obs
  • buttonbush3 obs
  • Great Blue Heron2 obs
  • Canada Goose2 obs
  • giant ragweed2 obs
  • yellow nutsedge2 obs
  • Bitterweed2 obs

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358063703

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