Mosby Hill
Mosby Hill rises to 294 m in Missouri. Stegall Mountain stands 409 m to the north-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Turners Spring, a spring 1.3 miles away. Great River Road passes 94 miles off. 118 named places lie within 25 miles, 33 of them named summits.
The story
Mosby Hill is a summit in Oregon County in the U.S. state of Missouri with an elevation of 965 feet (294 m). The peak rises about 455 ft above the junction of Hurricane Creek and the Eleven Point River. The community of Greer lies about 3.5 miles to the southwest on Missouri Route 19. Mosby Hill has the name of one Mr. Mosby, a local merchant.
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Wikidata Q28022971, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 294 m
How to reach it
- 93.6 mi off the Great River Road, National
118 named places within 25 miles
- Turners Spring: 1.3 mi
- Gusty Spring: 1.8 mi
- Walters Spring: 2.6 mi
- Ross Spring: 2.7 mi
- Stevvens Spring: 2.8 mi
- Tater Hill: 7.6 mi
- Devils Backbone: 7.6 mi
- Wild Cat Hill: 7.7 mi
- Conner Hill: 8.3 mi
- Turkey Knob: 10.4 mi
- Richard's Canoe Rental: 3.8 mi
- Eleven Point National Scenic River: 7.6 mi
- Riverton Access: 10.4 mi
- Hufstedler's Canoe Rental: 10.4 mi
- Lions Club Park: 16.2 mi
- Turners Mill: 1.4 mi
- New Liberty: 5.7 mi
- Coin: 6.9 mi
- Riverton: 10.3 mi
- Barren: 15.2 mi
- Brawley Bluff: 5.0 mi
- Cane Bluff: 6.8 mi
- Tunnel Bluff: 18.8 mi
- Tunnel Bluff: 18.8 mi
- Kelley Bluff: 19.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 2.8 mi
- Float Camp: 24.0 mi
- Big Spring: 19.9 mi
- Rocky Falls: 21.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mosby Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stegall Mountain | NNE 13° | 409 m | 21.0 mi |
| Thorny Mountain | NNE 15° | 405 m | 22.3 mi |
| Mule Mountain | N 9° | 403 m | 20.5 mi |
| High Hill | WNW 294° | 344 m | 20.0 mi |
| Roebell Mountain | NNE 19° | 342 m | 23.4 mi |
| Mill Mountain | NNE 12° | 330 m | 24.1 mi |
| Little Thorny Mountain | NNE 19° | 324 m | 21.5 mi |
| Shut-In Mountain | N 6° | 312 m | 22.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:50 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:13 | 16:53 |
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 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 68 | 57 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.6 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alton, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 735174 — Mosby Hill, Oregon County, Missouri.
OpenStreetMap element node/358051550
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