Big Joe Bald
Big Joe Bald rises to 295 m in Missouri. Black Mountain stands 633 m to the south, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Indian Public Use Area, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Ozark Mountain Highroad passes 13 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q31601763, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 295 m
How to reach it
- 12.9 mi off the Ozark Mountain Highroad
- 13.9 mi off the Sugar Camp Scenic Byway
- 16.6 mi off the Ozark Mountain Parkway
Named places within 25 miles
- Big Indian Public Use Area: 0.0 mi
- Baxter Public Use Area: 0.5 mi
- Dogwood Canyon: 3.0 mi
- Joe Bald Park: 3.7 mi
- Campbell Point Public Use Area: 3.8 mi
- Bread Tray Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Pilot Knob: 2.7 mi
- Naked Joe Bald: 4.7 mi
- Little Joe Bald: 5.0 mi
- Brushy Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Evans Bluff: 3.1 mi
- Philibert Bluff: 4.4 mi
- Mobley Bluff: 4.6 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 5.1 mi
- Oswalt Bluff: 5.4 mi
- Ripley's Believe It or Not! Odditorium: 13.2 mi
- World's Largest Toy Museum: 13.3 mi
- Dinosaur Museum: 13.3 mi
- Titanic Museum: 13.4 mi
- Hollywood Wax Museum: 13.5 mi
- Frisco Silver Dollar Line: 11.7 mi
- Thunderation: 11.7 mi
- Fire-In-The-Hole: 11.9 mi
- Big Cedar Fun Mountain: 12.5 mi
- The Runaway Mountain Coaster: 12.7 mi
- Magnetic Springs: 16.4 mi
- Grotto Spring: 16.7 mi
- Crescent Spring: 16.8 mi
- Congress Spring: 16.8 mi
- Harding Spring: 16.9 mi
- Pilot Knob Conservation Area: 3.4 mi
- Shepherd of the Hills Fish Hatchery: 11.4 mi
- White River Balds Natural Area: 13.5 mi
- Ruth and Paul Henning Conservation Area: 13.7 mi
- Lakeside Forest Wilderness Area: 15.0 mi
- Radical: 6.3 mi
- Cedar Valley: 11.7 mi
- Flag: 12.0 mi
- Hailey: 15.5 mi
- Gaskins: 15.6 mi
- Lest We Forget 9/11 Memorial: 15.0 mi
- Veteran's Grove: 15.1 mi
- The Missouri Gold Star Families Memorial: 15.1 mi
- Civil War Healing: 17.1 mi
- Berlin Wall Segment: 16.1 mi
- Christ of the Ozarks: 16.2 mi
- Art Wall: 17.1 mi
- Humpty Dumpty Statue: 17.1 mi
- Aunts Creek Beach: 8.0 mi
- Don's Island: 10.2 mi
- Moonshine Beach: 11.1 mi
- Road 299 Falls: 22.7 mi
- Tea Kettle Falls: 23.5 mi
- Eagle's Nest Falls: 24.7 mi
- StoneBridge Pavilion: 14.2 mi
- Lakeside Forest Trails: 15.1 mi
- Scripture Garden: 14.9 mi
- Pa's Posey Patch: 20.8 mi
- Natural Bridge: 16.1 mi
- short term/exstended trucker parking bathroom during busness hours: 24.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.0 miles of Big Joe Bald. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Mountain | S 175° | 633 m | 22.8 mi |
| Bradshaw Mountain | SSE 168° | 609 m | 20.2 mi |
| Lone Tree Mountain | S 176° | 607 m | 21.4 mi |
| Waldrop Mountain | S 174° | 600 m | 23.1 mi |
| Anderson Mountain | S 178° | 552 m | 16.7 mi |
| Gage Mountain | S 181° | 547 m | 19.8 mi |
| Pine Mountain | SSE 157° | 547 m | 20.7 mi |
| Pond Mountain | SW 226° | 542 m | 19.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:52 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 19:58 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:22 | 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 | 35 | 39 | 48 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 78 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.9 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Branson AP, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358063130
Day trips start here
- Branson · 15 mi
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