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Cottoner Mountain

Cottoner Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Cottoner Mountain rises to 375 m in Missouri. Black Mountain stands 438 m to the west, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Burns Mountain, a peak 3.6 miles away. Great River Road - Missouri passes 27 miles off.

The story

mountain in Missouri, United States of America

Wikidata Q31603749, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
375 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.46339, -90.20956

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 22
  • Memorial Park: 7.8 mi
  • Cedar Glade Trail - Castor River Shut-Ins: 7.9 mi
  • City Lake Park: 9.5 mi
  • Silver Mine Recreation Area: 14.2 mi
  • Cherokee Trail Roadside Park: 14.6 mi
Cliffs: 3
Springs: 2
  • White Oak Spring: 13.4 mi
  • Blue Spring: 22.5 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Cats Paw: 15.6 mi
  • Big Drop: 15.7 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Turkey Creek Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Double Arch: 23.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Cottoner Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black MountainW 272°438 m15.6 mi
Matthews MountainWNW 283°436 m7.7 mi
Kelley MountainW 281°428 m18.7 mi
Trackler MountainWNW 282°426 m15.9 mi
Blue MountainWNW 290°420 m16.6 mi
Marlow MountainW 274°418 m13.9 mi
Jayce MountainWNW 287°410 m15.0 mi
Little Matthews MountainWNW 284°404 m8.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3819:13
June solstice05:4119:4720:26
September equinox06:4918:2518:59
December solstice07:1216:0616:47

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313544556472767567554435
Precip in3.02.83.85.35.33.64.03.93.53.34.63.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fredericktown, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 749490 — Cottoner Mountain, Madison County, Missouri.

OpenStreetMap element node/358063621

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