Shell Knob
Shell Knob rises to 404 m in Missouri. Anderson Mountain stands 552 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Bay Public Use Area, a park 1.4 miles away. Sugar Camp Scenic Byway passes 9.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Missouri, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31609527, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 404 m
How to reach it
- 9.5 mi off the Sugar Camp Scenic Byway
- 15.8 mi off the Ozark Mountain Highroad
- 20.6 mi off the Ozark Mountain Parkway
Named places within 25 miles
- Pilot Knob: 4.8 mi
- Turkey Mountain: 5.6 mi
- Big Joe Bald: 5.9 mi
- Bread Tray Mountain: 6.4 mi
- Naked Joe Bald: 7.2 mi
- Big Bay Public Use Area: 1.4 mi
- Campbell Point Public Use Area: 2.3 mi
- Viola Public Use Area: 3.1 mi
- Kings River Public Use Area: 4.0 mi
- Viney Creek Public Use Area: 5.6 mi
- Steep Bluff: 5.5 mi
- Rope Swings: 5.8 mi
- Philibert Bluff: 5.8 mi
- Oswalt Bluff: 5.8 mi
- Evans Bluff: 6.0 mi
- Barry County Museum: 15.4 mi
- Sacred Arts Museum: 15.7 mi
- Holy Land Tour: 15.7 mi
- Bible Museum: 15.7 mi
- Eureka Springs Historical Museum: 16.7 mi
- Aviation Cadet World: 13.5 mi
- Beebe's Roaring River Waterslide: 13.9 mi
- Frisco Silver Dollar Line: 14.4 mi
- Thunderation: 14.5 mi
- Fire-In-The-Hole: 14.6 mi
- Roaring River Spring: 13.5 mi
- Carney Spring: 14.2 mi
- Gum Spring: 15.3 mi
- Magnetic Springs: 15.7 mi
- Grotto Spring: 15.9 mi
- Pilot Knob Conservation Area: 5.0 mi
- John Baumgardt Memorial Conservation Area: 11.2 mi
- Shepherd of the Hills Fish Hatchery: 16.0 mi
- White River Balds Natural Area: 16.8 mi
- Ruth and Paul Henning Conservation Area: 16.9 mi
- Berlin Wall Segment: 15.6 mi
- Christ of the Ozarks: 15.7 mi
- Humpty Dumpty Statue: 16.4 mi
- Art Wall: 16.4 mi
- Civil War Healing: 16.5 mi
- Lest We Forget 9/11 Memorial: 19.4 mi
- Veteran's Grove: 19.5 mi
- The Missouri Gold Star Families Memorial: 19.5 mi
- Aunts Creek Beach: 8.3 mi
- Don's Island: 14.2 mi
- Moonshine Beach: 15.5 mi
- Pa's Posey Patch: 15.5 mi
- Scripture Garden: 19.3 mi
- StoneBridge Pavilion: 16.5 mi
- Lakeside Forest Trails: 19.1 mi
- Road 299 Falls: 24.5 mi
- Tea Kettle Falls: 24.6 mi
- Natural Bridge: 10.7 mi
- short term/exstended trucker parking bathroom during busness hours: 20.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.7 miles of Shell Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson Mountain | SSE 165° | 552 m | 20.7 mi |
| Whitney Mountain | SW 232° | 552 m | 23.1 mi |
| Gage Mountain | SSE 169° | 547 m | 23.5 mi |
| Pond Mountain | SSW 209° | 542 m | 19.4 mi |
| Crystal Mountain | SSE 167° | 539 m | 22.6 mi |
| Potato Hill | SSE 166° | 537 m | 23.6 mi |
| Rich Mountain | WSW 236° | 535 m | 22.7 mi |
| Miller Mountain | SSE 163° | 532 m | 20.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:52 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 19:58 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:39 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:23 | 17:03 |
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 | 38 | 46 | 56 | 65 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.7 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Galena, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358064982
Day trips start here
- Branson · 19 mi
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