Viola Public Use Area
Viola Public Use Area is a park in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 281 m. Anderson Mountain stands 552 m to the south-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Kings River Public Use Area, a park 1.1 miles away. Sugar Camp Scenic Byway passes 8.7 miles off.
How to reach it
- 8.7 mi off the Sugar Camp Scenic Byway
- 17.3 mi off the Ozark Mountain Highroad
- 21.6 mi off the Ozark Mountain Parkway
Named places within 25 miles
- Kings River Public Use Area: 1.1 mi
- Campbell Point Public Use Area: 3.5 mi
- Big Bay Public Use Area: 4.2 mi
- Highway M Public Use Area: 4.5 mi
- Viney Creek Public Use Area: 4.5 mi
- Pilot Knob: 3.0 mi
- Shell Knob: 3.1 mi
- Turkey Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Big Joe Bald: 5.3 mi
- Brushy Mountain: 6.4 mi
- Gallion Bluff: 4.3 mi
- Gallion Bluff: 4.4 mi
- Pine Bluff: 4.7 mi
- Steep Bluff: 5.1 mi
- Stony Point: 6.8 mi
- Holy Land Tour: 12.8 mi
- Sacred Arts Museum: 12.8 mi
- Bible Museum: 12.8 mi
- Saunders Museum: 13.8 mi
- Heritage Center Museum: 13.8 mi
- Aviation Cadet World: 10.6 mi
- Beebe's Roaring River Waterslide: 13.7 mi
- Frisco Silver Dollar Line: 15.9 mi
- Frisco Silver Dollar Line: 16.0 mi
- Frisco Silver Dollar Line: 16.0 mi
- Magnetic Springs: 12.9 mi
- Grotto Spring: 13.1 mi
- Crescent Spring: 13.2 mi
- Roaring River Spring: 13.3 mi
- Congress Spring: 13.3 mi
- Radical: 10.7 mi
- Gaskins: 11.5 mi
- Hailey: 12.0 mi
- Winona Springs: 16.6 mi
- Cedar Valley: 16.9 mi
- Civil War Healing: 13.7 mi
- Lest We Forget 9/11 Memorial: 20.1 mi
- Veteran's Grove: 20.2 mi
- The Missouri Gold Star Families Memorial: 20.2 mi
- Clemens House site: 24.2 mi
- Pilot Knob Conservation Area: 2.7 mi
- John Baumgardt Memorial Conservation Area: 11.6 mi
- Shepherd of the Hills Fish Hatchery: 16.5 mi
- White River Balds Natural Area: 18.2 mi
- Ruth and Paul Henning Conservation Area: 18.3 mi
- Berlin Wall Segment: 12.7 mi
- Christ of the Ozarks: 12.8 mi
- Humpty Dumpty Statue: 13.6 mi
- Art Wall: 13.6 mi
- Aunts Creek Beach: 10.6 mi
- Don's Island: 15.1 mi
- Moonshine Beach: 16.2 mi
- Road 299 Falls: 21.4 mi
- Tea Kettle Falls: 21.5 mi
- Eagle's Nest Falls: 23.6 mi
- Pa's Posey Patch: 15.6 mi
- Scripture Garden: 20.0 mi
- StoneBridge Pavilion: 18.3 mi
- Lakeside Forest Trails: 20.0 mi
- Natural Bridge: 11.0 mi
- short term/exstended trucker parking bathroom during busness hours: 19.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of Viola Public Use Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson Mountain | SSE 161° | 552 m | 17.8 mi |
| Whitney Mountain | WSW 238° | 552 m | 21.0 mi |
| Gage Mountain | SSE 166° | 547 m | 20.6 mi |
| Pond Mountain | SSW 213° | 542 m | 16.5 mi |
| Swain Mountain | SSW 207° | 540 m | 21.0 mi |
| Crystal Mountain | SSE 164° | 539 m | 19.6 mi |
| Potato Hill | SSE 163° | 537 m | 20.7 mi |
| Rich Mountain | WSW 243° | 535 m | 20.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:52 | 19:26 |
| 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, 18 mi away.
- North American Wheel Bug12 obs
- Yellow Garden Spider7 obs
- Common Watersnake6 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail6 obs
- Western Honey Bee5 obs
- Spicebush Swallowtail5 obs
- Acanthocephala terminalis5 obs
- Tan Jumping Spider5 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 way/364211712
Day trips start here
- Branson · 20 mi
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