Highway M Public Use Area
Highway M Public Use Area is a park in Missouri, at a recorded elevation of 283 m. Whitney Mountain stands 552 m to the southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Viney Creek Public Use Area, a park 0.6 miles away. Sugar Camp Scenic Byway passes 4.3 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 283 m
How to reach it
- 4.3 mi off the Sugar Camp Scenic Byway
- 21.5 mi off the Ozark Mountain Highroad
- 26.1 mi off the Ozark Mountain Parkway
Named places within 25 miles
- Viney Creek Public Use Area: 0.6 mi
- Eagle Rock Public Use Area: 3.6 mi
- Kings River Public Use Area: 3.7 mi
- Viola Public Use Area: 4.5 mi
- Big Bay Public Use Area: 7.4 mi
- Turkey Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Pelican Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Shell Knob: 5.9 mi
- Boat Mountain: 6.1 mi
- Huckleberry Point: 6.2 mi
- Steep Bluff: 1.7 mi
- Gallion Bluff: 6.0 mi
- Gallion Bluff: 6.0 mi
- Pine Bluff: 6.2 mi
- Poker Bluff: 7.9 mi
- Aviation Cadet World: 8.8 mi
- Beebe's Roaring River Waterslide: 9.4 mi
- Frisco Silver Dollar Line: 20.1 mi
- Frisco Silver Dollar Line: 20.2 mi
- Frisco Silver Dollar Line: 20.2 mi
- Sacred Arts Museum: 10.7 mi
- Holy Land Tour: 10.7 mi
- Bible Museum: 10.8 mi
- Eureka Springs Historical Museum: 11.5 mi
- Art Museum: 11.6 mi
- Roaring River Spring: 8.9 mi
- Magnetic Springs: 10.6 mi
- Grotto Spring: 10.7 mi
- Crescent Spring: 10.9 mi
- Congress Spring: 10.9 mi
- Pilot Knob Conservation Area: 6.8 mi
- John Baumgardt Memorial Conservation Area: 7.7 mi
- Shepherd of the Hills Fish Hatchery: 21.0 mi
- Flag Spring Conservation Area: 21.0 mi
- White River Balds Natural Area: 22.5 mi
- Gaskins: 8.6 mi
- Hailey: 10.7 mi
- Radical: 15.0 mi
- Winona Springs: 15.6 mi
- Roark: 16.3 mi
- Civil War Healing: 11.3 mi
- Clemens House site: 19.9 mi
- Confederate Monument: 20.2 mi
- Reunited Soldiery Monument: 20.2 mi
- Lest We Forget 9/11 Memorial: 24.6 mi
- Berlin Wall Segment: 10.6 mi
- Christ of the Ozarks: 10.6 mi
- Humpty Dumpty Statue: 11.3 mi
- Art Wall: 11.3 mi
- Tea Kettle Falls: 20.3 mi
- Road 299 Falls: 20.8 mi
- Eagle's Nest Falls: 23.1 mi
- Glory B Falls: 24.9 mi
- Aunts Creek Beach: 14.3 mi
- Don's Island: 19.5 mi
- Moonshine Beach: 20.7 mi
- Pa's Posey Patch: 11.5 mi
- Scripture Garden: 24.5 mi
- StoneBridge Pavilion: 22.3 mi
- Lakeside Forest Trails: 24.5 mi
- Natural Bridge: 7.2 mi
- short term/exstended trucker parking bathroom during busness hours: 14.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.5 miles of Highway M Public Use Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitney Mountain | SW 231° | 552 m | 17.2 mi |
| Anderson Mountain | SSE 148° | 552 m | 19.4 mi |
| Pond Mountain | SSW 198° | 542 m | 14.3 mi |
| Swain Mountain | SSW 195° | 540 m | 19.1 mi |
| Rich Mountain | WSW 237° | 535 m | 16.8 mi |
| Miller Mountain | SE 146° | 532 m | 19.9 mi |
| Brushy Knobs | SSE 149° | 531 m | 13.9 mi |
| Brother Knobs | SE 145° | 526 m | 14.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:53 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 19:59 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:39 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:23 | 17:03 |
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 | 38 | 47 | 55 | 64 | 72 | 77 | 76 | 68 | 58 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 6.2 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cassville, 14 mi away.
- Three-toed Box Turtle8 obs
- Prairie Lizard6 obs
- Parrot Mushroom5 obs
- deceiver4 obs
- Ganoderma sessile4 obs
- White-pored Chicken of the Woods4 obs
- Helvella levis4 obs
- common puffball3 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358063985
Day trips start here
- Branson · 24 mi
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