Burns Mountain
Burns Mountain rises to 368 m in Missouri. Grassy Mountain stands 473 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Burns Mountain, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Great River Road passes 40 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q31602566, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 368 m
How to reach it
- 39.7 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 29.3 mi off the Great River Road - Missouri
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Burns Mountain: 0.0 mi
- Cottoner Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Clemons Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Matthews Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Little Cedar Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Memorial Park: 6.8 mi
- City Lake Park: 8.4 mi
- Cedar Glade Trail - Castor River Shut-Ins: 10.2 mi
- Silver Mine Recreation Area: 11.4 mi
- Staff Row: 13.9 mi
- Hassler Bluff: 8.5 mi
- Lee Bluff: 9.9 mi
- Owl Bluff: 23.8 mi
- White Oak Spring: 12.4 mi
- Blue Spring: 19.2 mi
- Cats Paw: 12.8 mi
- Big Drop: 12.9 mi
- Berryman: 22.7 mi
- Valley Forge: 23.3 mi
- Turkey Creek Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
- Gruner Ford Access: 21.2 mi
- Battle of Pilot Knob Museum: 22.9 mi
- Fort Davidson: 22.9 mi
- Tip Top Roadside Park: 23.0 mi
- Double Arch: 23.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.2 miles of Burns Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grassy Mountain | WNW 293° | 473 m | 17.2 mi |
| Patterson Mountain | W 278° | 457 m | 16.3 mi |
| Black Mountain | W 274° | 438 m | 12.1 mi |
| Matthews Mountain | WNW 299° | 436 m | 4.5 mi |
| Kelley Mountain | WNW 285° | 428 m | 15.3 mi |
| Trackler Mountain | WNW 287° | 426 m | 12.5 mi |
| Brown Mountain | WNW 298° | 423 m | 16.8 mi |
| Blue Mountain | WNW 298° | 420 m | 13.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:39 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:47 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:25 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:06 | 16:47 |
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 | 31 | 35 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 67 | 55 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fredericktown, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 749127 — Burns Mountain, Madison County, Missouri.
OpenStreetMap element node/358063281
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