Kings River Public Use Area
Kings River Public Use Area is a park in Missouri, at a recorded elevation of 288 m. Anderson Mountain stands 552 m to the south-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Viola Public Use Area, a park 1.1 miles away. Sugar Camp Scenic Byway passes 7.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 288 m
How to reach it
- 7.8 mi off the Sugar Camp Scenic Byway
- 18.3 mi off the Ozark Mountain Highroad
- 22.6 mi off the Ozark Mountain Parkway
Named places within 25 miles
- Viola Public Use Area: 1.1 mi
- Highway M Public Use Area: 3.7 mi
- Viney Creek Public Use Area: 3.8 mi
- Campbell Point Public Use Area: 4.6 mi
- Big Bay Public Use Area: 5.2 mi
- Pilot Knob: 3.6 mi
- Shell Knob: 4.0 mi
- Turkey Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Big Joe Bald: 6.1 mi
- Brushy Mountain: 6.4 mi
- Gallion Bluff: 3.7 mi
- Gallion Bluff: 3.8 mi
- Pine Bluff: 4.0 mi
- Steep Bluff: 4.6 mi
- Stony Point: 6.2 mi
- Sacred Arts Museum: 11.8 mi
- Holy Land Tour: 11.8 mi
- Bible Museum: 11.8 mi
- Eureka Springs Historical Museum: 12.8 mi
- Art Museum: 13.0 mi
- Aviation Cadet World: 9.6 mi
- Beebe's Roaring River Waterslide: 13.1 mi
- Frisco Silver Dollar Line: 17.0 mi
- Frisco Silver Dollar Line: 17.0 mi
- Frisco Silver Dollar Line: 17.0 mi
- Magnetic Springs: 11.9 mi
- Grotto Spring: 12.1 mi
- Crescent Spring: 12.2 mi
- Congress Spring: 12.2 mi
- Harding Spring: 12.3 mi
- Gaskins: 10.4 mi
- Radical: 11.7 mi
- Hailey: 12.2 mi
- Winona Springs: 15.7 mi
- Roark: 17.7 mi
- Pilot Knob Conservation Area: 3.1 mi
- John Baumgardt Memorial Conservation Area: 11.1 mi
- Shepherd of the Hills Fish Hatchery: 17.4 mi
- White River Balds Natural Area: 19.2 mi
- Ruth and Paul Henning Conservation Area: 19.3 mi
- Civil War Healing: 12.6 mi
- Lest We Forget 9/11 Memorial: 21.0 mi
- Veteran's Grove: 21.1 mi
- The Missouri Gold Star Families Memorial: 21.1 mi
- Clemens House site: 23.2 mi
- Berlin Wall Segment: 11.7 mi
- Christ of the Ozarks: 11.8 mi
- Humpty Dumpty Statue: 12.6 mi
- Art Wall: 12.6 mi
- Road 299 Falls: 20.6 mi
- Tea Kettle Falls: 20.6 mi
- Eagle's Nest Falls: 22.8 mi
- Glory B Falls: 24.9 mi
- Aunts Creek Beach: 11.7 mi
- Don's Island: 16.1 mi
- Moonshine Beach: 17.1 mi
- Pa's Posey Patch: 15.1 mi
- Scripture Garden: 20.9 mi
- StoneBridge Pavilion: 19.3 mi
- Lakeside Forest Trails: 21.0 mi
- Natural Bridge: 10.6 mi
- short term/exstended trucker parking bathroom during busness hours: 18.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.9 miles of Kings River Public Use Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson Mountain | SSE 158° | 552 m | 17.4 mi |
| Whitney Mountain | WSW 239° | 552 m | 20.0 mi |
| Gage Mountain | SSE 163° | 547 m | 20.1 mi |
| Pond Mountain | SSW 212° | 542 m | 15.5 mi |
| Swain Mountain | SSW 205° | 540 m | 20.0 mi |
| Crystal Mountain | SSE 161° | 539 m | 19.2 mi |
| Potato Hill | SSE 160° | 537 m | 20.3 mi |
| Rich Mountain | WSW 244° | 535 m | 19.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 19:58 | 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, 17 mi away.
- North American Wheel Bug12 obs
- Yellow Garden Spider7 obs
- Common Watersnake6 obs
- Western Honey Bee5 obs
- Spicebush Swallowtail5 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail5 obs
- Tan Jumping Spider5 obs
- Huron Skipper5 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/358064127
Day trips start here
- Branson · 21 mi
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