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Pelican Mountain

Pelican Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Pelican Mountain rises to 386 m in Missouri. Whitney Mountain stands 552 m to the southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Eagle Rock Public Use Area, a park 2.4 miles away. Sugar Camp Scenic Byway passes 0.3 miles off.

The story

Mountain in Missouri, United States of America.

Wikidata Q31608210, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
386 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.54340, -93.76769

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Turkey Mountain: 5.3 mi
  • Sugarloaf Mountain: 6.4 mi
  • Panorama Point: 6.5 mi
  • Huckleberry Point: 6.8 mi
  • Boat Mountain: 7.5 mi
Cliffs: 29
Artworks: 13
Museums: 11
Springs: 10
  • Roaring River Spring: 4.9 mi
  • Grotto Spring: 9.3 mi
  • Magnetic Springs: 9.4 mi
  • Crescent Spring: 9.5 mi
  • Congress Spring: 9.6 mi
Historic sites: 8
  • Civil War Healing: 9.9 mi
  • Clemens House site: 14.8 mi
  • Confederate Monument: 15.2 mi
  • Reunited Soldiery Monument: 15.2 mi
  • Frisco Caboose: 24.4 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Waterfalls: 4
Gardens: 3
  • Pa's Posey Patch: 7.7 mi
  • Vera Key Victorian Garden: 24.4 mi
  • Rogers Historial Museum Gardens: 24.4 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Beebe's Roaring River Waterslide: 5.4 mi
  • Aviation Cadet World: 8.7 mi
Beaches: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 5.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • short term/exstended trucker parking bathroom during busness hours: 9.4 mi

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Whitney MountainSW552 m12.9 mi
Pond MountainS542 m12.6 mi
Swain MountainS540 m17.4 mi
Rich MountainSW535 m12.1 mi
Brushy KnobsSE531 m16.4 mi
Brother KnobsSE526 m16.9 mi
Devils Eye BrowWSW525 m11.3 mi
Trimble MountainSW524 m10.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5319:27
June solstice05:5819:5920:37
September equinox07:0418:4019:14
December solstice07:2416:2417:04

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343846556472777668574537

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 751539 — Pelican Mountain, Barry County, Missouri.

OpenStreetMap element node/358064642

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