Little Iron Mountain
Little Iron Mountain rises to 410 m in Missouri. Taum Sauk Mountain stands 538 m to the south-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Iron Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. Great River Road passes 39 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Missouri, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31606540, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 410 m
How to reach it
- 39.2 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 30.6 mi off the Great River Road - Missouri
Named places within 25 miles
- Iron Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Reservoir Hill: 1.3 mi
- Pine Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Brown Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Buford Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Sundale Park: 3.5 mi
- Elephant Rocks State Park: 4.7 mi
- Battle of Pilot Knob State Historic Site: 6.2 mi
- Labruyere Park: 7.5 mi
- Irondale park: 9.1 mi
- Fort Davidson: 6.1 mi
- St. Joe Lead Federal Mill No.3: 10.4 mi
- Water Tower: 11.3 mi
- Floatation Tank 1: 11.4 mi
- Floatation Tank 2: 11.4 mi
- Shepard: 13.8 mi
- Valley Forge: 15.2 mi
- Berryman: 16.3 mi
- Pinkley: 17.7 mi
- Adelbert: 18.6 mi
- Council Bluffs: 14.5 mi
- Hassler Bluff: 18.6 mi
- Owl Bluff: 19.7 mi
- Lee Bluff: 20.4 mi
- Robinson Bluff: 21.0 mi
- Pim Lake Beach: 10.0 mi
- Monsanto Lake Beach: 10.3 mi
- Chapel Hill Beach: 15.5 mi
- TL Waterfront: 23.1 mi
- LKW Waterfront: 23.3 mi
- Mina Sauk Falls: 11.6 mi
- Big Drop: 13.4 mi
- Cats Paw: 13.5 mi
- Johnson Shut-Ins: 16.1 mi
- Wolf Pen Hollow Waterfall: 21.2 mi
- White Oak Spring: 17.3 mi
- Blue Springs: 20.3 mi
- Double Springs Hollow: 22.6 mi
- La Hae Spring: 23.4 mi
- Cold Springs Spring House: 23.6 mi
- Battle of Pilot Knob Museum: 6.1 mi
- Powerhouse: 11.3 mi
- Space Museum: 15.5 mi
- Bonne Terre Mine: 15.5 mi
- Taum Sauk Nature Museum: 16.8 mi
- Bootleg Access: 10.3 mi
- Gruner Ford Access: 11.5 mi
- Old Time Flea Market: 12.2 mi
- Pontoon Rides: 23.1 mi
- Flyleaf: 17.7 mi
- Educational Garden: 23.4 mi
- Double Arch: 19.6 mi
- Hawkins Cove Natural Bridge: 22.6 mi
- Tip Top Roadside Park: 10.4 mi
- Turkey Creek Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of Little Iron Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taum Sauk Mountain | SSW 209° | 538 m | 10.8 mi |
| Wildcat Mountain | SW 214° | 536 m | 11.7 mi |
| Buford Mountain | WSW 256° | 531 m | 3.2 mi |
| Russell Mountain | SSW 199° | 524 m | 9.9 mi |
| Proffit Mountain | SW 220° | 519 m | 12.5 mi |
| Brown Mountain | SE 132° | 501 m | 2.6 mi |
| Stono Mountain | E 82° | 499 m | 4.7 mi |
| Oak Mountain | S 174° | 496 m | 4.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:49 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:27 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:07 | 16:48 |
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 | 33 | 37 | 46 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Farmington, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 757926 — Little Iron Mountain, St. Francois County, Missouri.
OpenStreetMap element node/358070128
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