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Blue Buck Knob

Blue Buck Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Blue Buck Knob rises to 442 m in Missouri. Mary Gray Hill stands 502 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Dyestone Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. Blue Buck Knob Scenic Byway runs past it. 144 named places lie within 25 miles, 35 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q31601943, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
442 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.95228, -92.11130

144 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 44
  • Hoots Spring: 2.8 mi
  • Hellroaring Spring: 2.9 mi
  • Group Camp Spring: 3.2 mi
  • Carman Spring: 3.7 mi
  • Spring Hollow: 4.0 mi
Peaks: 35
Parks: 32
Ghost towns: 15
Historic sites: 6
Cliffs: 4
Nature reserves: 4
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rainbow Springs Upper Outlit: 16.5 mi
  • Rainbow Spring Lower Outlit: 16.9 mi
Museums: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Sweden Fork Natural Bridge: 22.3 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Blue Buck Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mary Gray HillWNW 299°502 m22.1 mi
Lead HillNNW 340°495 m13.4 mi
King MountainENE 73°463 m11.8 mi
Queens MountainENE 70°446 m12.8 mi
Tater HillNE 39°438 m2.0 mi
Bald Knob MountainNW 325°434 m13.4 mi
High Rock MountainSW 224°434 m24.1 mi
Twin KnobsWSW 255°428 m8.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:5019:5320:32
September equinox06:5718:3319:07
December solstice07:1916:1616:56

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353948576674787769584738
Precip in2.63.14.45.35.54.04.23.43.14.14.33.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Plains Muni AP, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358063186

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