Bald Knob
Bald Knob rises to 414 m in Missouri. Buford Mountain stands 531 m to the west-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Buck Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. Great River Road passes 37 miles off.
The story
Bald Knob is a summit in St. Francois County, Missouri, United States. It has an elevation of 1,574 feet (480 m), and was named after its treeless peak.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q28054361, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 414 m
How to reach it
- 37.2 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 28.3 mi off the Great River Road - Missouri
Named places within 25 miles
- Buck Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Rocky Knob: 2.0 mi
- Bread Tray Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Murphy Hill: 2.1 mi
- Wachita Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Battle of Pilot Knob State Historic Site: 7.3 mi
- Engler Park: 7.8 mi
- Silver Mine Recreation Area: 7.9 mi
- Hager Lake: 7.9 mi
- Farmington Dog Park: 8.6 mi
- Fort Davidson: 7.3 mi
- St. Joe Lead Federal Mill No.3: 12.1 mi
- Water Tower: 12.5 mi
- Floatation Tank 1: 12.5 mi
- Floatation Tank 2: 12.5 mi
- Valley Forge: 11.7 mi
- Berryman: 15.7 mi
- Pinkley: 20.2 mi
- Shepard: 20.6 mi
- Adelbert: 24.2 mi
- Battle of Pilot Knob Museum: 7.3 mi
- Powerhouse: 12.5 mi
- Space Museum: 18.4 mi
- Bonne Terre Mine: 18.5 mi
- Taum Sauk Nature Museum: 19.6 mi
- Hassler Bluff: 12.1 mi
- Lee Bluff: 14.8 mi
- Owl Bluff: 15.6 mi
- Wild Hog Bluff: 20.7 mi
- Council Bluffs: 21.7 mi
- Big Drop: 6.6 mi
- Cats Paw: 6.7 mi
- Mina Sauk Falls: 14.0 mi
- Johnson Shut-Ins: 19.5 mi
- White Oak Spring: 10.1 mi
- La Hae Spring: 19.6 mi
- Blue Springs: 24.3 mi
- Monsanto Lake Beach: 10.7 mi
- Pim Lake Beach: 10.8 mi
- Chapel Hill Beach: 22.6 mi
- Gruner Ford Access: 7.3 mi
- Bootleg Access: 17.6 mi
- Turkey Creek Picnic Area: 7.5 mi
- Old Time Flea Market: 10.8 mi
- Tip Top Roadside Park: 10.9 mi
- Double Arch: 15.5 mi
- Flyleaf: 22.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Bald Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buford Mountain | WNW 286° | 531 m | 10.0 mi |
| Brown Mountain | WNW 291° | 501 m | 5.0 mi |
| Stono Mountain | NNW 335° | 499 m | 4.6 mi |
| Oak Mountain | W 264° | 496 m | 6.2 mi |
| Shepherd Mountain | WSW 244° | 487 m | 8.0 mi |
| Wolf Mountain | WNW 297° | 481 m | 4.2 mi |
| Middlebrook Hill | W 271° | 478 m | 8.2 mi |
| Grassy Mountain | SSW 201° | 473 m | 7.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:40 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:49 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:26 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:07 | 16:48 |
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 | 37 | 46 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Farmington, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358066875
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