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Iron Mountain

Iron Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Iron Mountain rises to 402 m in Missouri. Lead Hill stands 529 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Hoffmeister Spring, a spring 2.1 miles away. Glade Top Trail passes 10 miles off.

The story

mountain in Missouri, United States of America

Wikidata Q31605803, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
402 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.88506, -92.54517

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 33
  • Hoffmeister Spring: 2.1 mi
  • Strong Spring: 3.3 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 3.3 mi
  • Trimble Hollow: 6.1 mi
  • Coon Spring: 7.0 mi
Ghost towns: 14
Parks: 13
  • Rippee State Wildlife Management Area: 4.4 mi
  • Ava City Park: 8.3 mi
  • Town Square: 15.4 mi
  • Davis Roadside Park: 15.5 mi
  • Caney Mountain State Game Refuge: 15.6 mi
Historic sites: 10
  • Douglas County Veterans Memorial: 8.4 mi
  • Carl Memorial: 15.4 mi
  • Laura Ingalls Wilder Grave: 15.9 mi
  • Rose Wilder's Grave: 15.9 mi
  • Doug Jones Grave: 15.9 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Cliffs: 2
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rainbow Springs Upper Outlit: 22.8 mi
  • Rainbow Spring Lower Outlit: 23.2 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Sweden Fork Natural Bridge: 2.8 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Laura Ingals Wilder Statue: 15.4 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.6 miles of Iron Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lead HillNNW 341°529 m15.8 mi
Keyger MountainWNW 294°508 m18.4 mi
Mary Gray HillNNE 17°502 m16.0 mi
Pleasant KnobNNW 344°495 m22.9 mi
Pilot KnobNW 304°460 m13.0 mi
Bear Cave MountainSSE 155°447 m15.7 mi
PinnacleSW 231°446 m16.8 mi
Coon Knob HillWSW 256°445 m4.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4819:22
June solstice05:5219:5520:33
September equinox06:5918:3519:09
December solstice07:2016:1716:58

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333746566473777668574636
Precip in3.02.93.95.25.33.54.13.24.04.34.23.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wasola 5N, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358053406

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