Stony Mountain
Stony Mountain rises to 361 m in Missouri. Ketcherside Mountain stands 515 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Grassy Mountain, a peak 2.3 miles away. Great River Road passes 58 miles off.
The story
Stony Mountain is a summit in Iron County in the U.S. state of Missouri. Stony Mountain lies about 3.5 miles east of Annapolis and about four miles northeast of Vulcan on Missouri Route 49. Stony Mountain was so named on account of its granite outcroppings.
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Wikidata Q28005941, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 361 m
How to reach it
- 57.6 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 48.4 mi off the Great River Road - Missouri
Named places within 25 miles
- Grassy Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Hickman Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Ruble Mountain: 5.9 mi
- Lewis Mountain: 6.4 mi
- Des Arc Mountain: 6.9 mi
- Highway K Public Use Area: 7.7 mi
- Camp Tom Sauk: 11.3 mi
- Clearwater Lake State Wildlife Management Area: 14.9 mi
- Bluff View Public Use Area: 15.1 mi
- Lake Wappapella State Wildlife Management Area: 15.9 mi
- Coil Bluff: 10.5 mi
- Lee Bluff: 11.5 mi
- Charlton Bluff: 13.1 mi
- Brown Bluff: 13.5 mi
- Finley Bluff: 13.9 mi
- Blue Spring: 6.5 mi
- Cave Spring: 9.4 mi
- Double Springs Hollow: 18.0 mi
- Reeds Spring: 18.0 mi
- Session Spring: 20.9 mi
- Mina Sauk Falls: 15.1 mi
- Johnson Shut-Ins: 16.7 mi
- Big Drop: 17.2 mi
- Cats Paw: 17.3 mi
- Jesse James 1st train robbery: 9.2 mi
- Fort Davidson: 17.9 mi
- Taum Sauk Nature Museum: 15.1 mi
- Battle of Pilot Knob Museum: 17.9 mi
- Turkey Creek Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
- Skyline Roadside Park: 18.5 mi
- Tip Top Roadside Park: 14.0 mi
- Memorial: 20.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.0 miles of Stony Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ketcherside Mountain | N 350° | 515 m | 11.4 mi |
| Hogan Mountain | NNW 338° | 513 m | 11.8 mi |
| Church Mountain | NW 325° | 501 m | 14.6 mi |
| Vickery Mountain | NW 326° | 487 m | 11.5 mi |
| Victory Mountain | NNW 341° | 477 m | 14.1 mi |
| Grassy Mountain | NNE 16° | 473 m | 13.8 mi |
| Patterson Mountain | NNE 22° | 457 m | 9.6 mi |
| Clark Mountain | S 188° | 439 m | 11.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:48 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:27 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:08 | 16:49 |
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 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 79 | 77 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clearwater DAM, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 727148 — Stony Mountain, Iron County, Missouri.
OpenStreetMap element node/358042875
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