Turnip Knob
Turnip Knob rises to 409 m in Missouri. Lead Hill stands 529 m to the east-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Tater Hill, a peak 4.4 miles away. Glade Top Trail passes 18 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Missouri, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31610681, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 409 m
How to reach it
- 18.0 mi off the Glade Top Trail
- 21.6 mi off the Ozark Mountain Highroad
- 22.1 mi off the Historic Route 66 - MO
- 24.6 mi off the Ozark Mountain Parkway
Overlooks nearby
- Smoke Tree Scenic Vista · 18 mi
- Watershed Divide Scenic Vista · 19 mi
- Caney Overlook · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sparta City Roller Park: 6.0 mi
- Rogersville City Park: 11.8 mi
- Neal and Betty Grubaugh Park: 13.1 mi
- Finley River Park: 13.3 mi
- Ava City Park: 17.1 mi
- Tater Hill: 4.4 mi
- Keyger Mountain: 7.5 mi
- Pilot Knob: 13.5 mi
- Helphrey Hill: 13.9 mi
- Lower Pilot Knob: 17.5 mi
- Chateau Charmant: 8.5 mi
- Douglas County Veterans Memorial: 17.1 mi
- Ruins - Log Cabin / Barn: 17.8 mi
- Ruined Building: 18.4 mi
- Living Memorial: 19.2 mi
- Velsor: 5.3 mi
- Lawing: 10.7 mi
- Eaudevie: 14.4 mi
- Finley Falls: 14.7 mi
- McFarland: 18.1 mi
- Todd Spring: 8.9 mi
- Cash Spring: 8.9 mi
- Olie Lasley Spring: 9.1 mi
- Brown Spring: 9.6 mi
- Garrison Spring & Gardens: 12.5 mi
- Smallin Civil War Cave: 13.1 mi
- City of Ozark Community Building: 13.1 mi
- Creation Experience Museum: 19.4 mi
- Missouri Institute of Natural Science: 21.8 mi
- Springfield Art Museum: 22.9 mi
- Major General Sterling Price: 21.6 mi
- Big Kraft Macaroni: 22.1 mi
- Sun Target II: 22.9 mi
- World's Largest Fork: 22.9 mi
- Beaver Statue: 23.2 mi
- Xeriscape Garden: 22.7 mi
- Mizumoto Japanese Stroll Garden: 24.0 mi
- Hosta Garden: 24.2 mi
- Master Gardeners Demonstration Gardens: 24.3 mi
- Drury Prairie: 24.4 mi
- Arkansas View Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
- Caney Picnic Area: 19.1 mi
- Wolf Junction: 21.1 mi
- Shadow Rock: 19.6 mi
- Johnson Bluff: 22.8 mi
- Mays Bluff: 23.6 mi
- East Saint Louis Street: 23.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Turnip Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead Hill | ENE 62° | 529 m | 21.4 mi |
| Keyger Mountain | ENE 72° | 508 m | 7.5 mi |
| Pleasant Knob | NE 46° | 495 m | 24.6 mi |
| Pilot Knob | E 80° | 460 m | 13.5 mi |
| Pinnacle | SE 145° | 446 m | 19.2 mi |
| Coon Knob Hill | ESE 107° | 445 m | 20.6 mi |
| North View Hill | N 357° | 444 m | 23.8 mi |
| Table Rock Knob | E 100° | 415 m | 19.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:50 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 19:57 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:36 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:19 | 16:59 |
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 | 30 | 34 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 69 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oldfield, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 752629 — Turnip Knob, Christian County, Missouri.
OpenStreetMap element node/358065166
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- Branson · 27 mi
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