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Twin Knobs

Twin Knobs, seen from above at true elevation

Twin Knobs rises to 428 m in Missouri. Lead Hill stands 529 m to the west-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Campbell Hill, a peak 2.5 miles away. Great River Road passes 141 miles off. 153 named places lie within 25 miles, 57 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in United States of America; GeoNames ID = 4412357

Wikidata Q31610721, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
428 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.92117, -92.25405

153 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 57
Springs: 43
  • Topaz Spring: 3.4 mi
  • Fiddle Springs: 5.5 mi
  • Hoots Spring: 5.6 mi
  • Days Spring: 7.6 mi
  • Smallpox Spring: 8.2 mi
Parks: 22
Ghost towns: 14
Historic sites: 6
  • Carl Memorial: 22.1 mi
  • Laura Ingalls Wilder Grave: 22.6 mi
  • Rose Wilder's Grave: 22.6 mi
  • Doug Jones Grave: 22.6 mi
  • Giant Buffalo: 22.9 mi
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rainbow Springs Upper Outlit: 14.3 mi
  • Rainbow Spring Lower Outlit: 14.8 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Sweden Fork Natural Bridge: 14.1 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Laura Ingals Wilder Statue: 22.2 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Twin Knobs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lead HillWNW 301°529 m24.5 mi
Mary Gray HillNW 318°502 m17.2 mi
Lead HillNNE 12°495 m15.1 mi
King MountainENE 73°463 m20.0 mi
Bear Cave MountainSSW 210°447 m19.3 mi
Queens MountainENE 72°446 m20.9 mi
Coon Knob HillW 260°445 m20.8 mi
Blue Buck KnobENE 75°442 m8.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4719:21
June solstice05:5119:5420:32
September equinox06:5818:3319:08
December solstice07:1916:1616:57

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343847566573777769584636

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gentryville, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 752641 — Twin Knobs, Douglas County, Missouri.

OpenStreetMap element node/358065176

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