Johnson Shut-Ins
Johnson Shut-Ins is a waterfall in Missouri, at a recorded elevation of 245 m. Taum Sauk Mountain stands 538 m to the east-northeast, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Taum Sauk Nature Museum, a museum 1.6 miles away. Great River Road passes 55 miles off.
The story
State park in Missouri, United States
Dates from 1955.
Wikidata Q14704332, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 245 m
How to reach it
- 55.3 mi off the Great River Road, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Lee Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Goggins Mountain: 2.8 mi
- High Top Mountain: 2.8 mi
- High Top Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Church Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Camp Tom Sauk: 8.6 mi
- Elephant Rocks State Park: 11.4 mi
- Battle of Pilot Knob State Historic Site: 12.2 mi
- Council Bluff Recreation Area: 13.6 mi
- Highway K Public Use Area: 15.3 mi
- Double Springs Hollow: 6.5 mi
- Reeds Spring: 9.5 mi
- Cooks Spring: 11.0 mi
- Session Spring: 11.1 mi
- Cave Spring: 12.5 mi
- Clarady Bluff: 8.1 mi
- Sutton Bluff: 10.5 mi
- Coil Bluff: 10.8 mi
- Council Bluffs: 14.0 mi
- Lee Bluff: 21.9 mi
- Mina Sauk Falls: 5.6 mi
- Wolf Pen Hollow Waterfall: 13.2 mi
- Big Drop: 20.7 mi
- Cats Paw: 20.8 mi
- Ozark Trail Southern John Roth Memorial: 11.5 mi
- Fort Davidson: 12.2 mi
- Ozark Trail Northern John Roth Memorial: 12.9 mi
- Jesse James 1st train robbery: 22.2 mi
- Taum Sauk Nature Museum: 1.6 mi
- Battle of Pilot Knob Museum: 12.3 mi
- Skyline Roadside Park: 18.8 mi
- Turkey Creek Picnic Area: 21.8 mi
- Tip Top Roadside Park: 9.2 mi
- Memorial: 11.4 mi
- Chapel Hill Beach: 14.1 mi
- Bootleg Access: 19.5 mi
- Turner Natural Bridge: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.9 miles of Johnson Shut-Ins. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taum Sauk Mountain | ENE 70° | 538 m | 6.4 mi |
| Wildcat Mountain | ENE 66° | 536 m | 5.0 mi |
| Buford Mountain | NE 36° | 531 m | 13.6 mi |
| Russell Mountain | ENE 73° | 524 m | 8.2 mi |
| Proffit Mountain | ENE 57° | 519 m | 3.7 mi |
| Bell Mountain | NNW 346° | 519 m | 6.2 mi |
| Ketcherside Mountain | E 97° | 515 m | 9.3 mi |
| Hogan Mountain | ESE 101° | 513 m | 6.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:41 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:50 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:27 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 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 | 31 | 35 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 67 | 57 | 45 | 35 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Potosi 4 SW, 25 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Feb–May, Dec — fullest in Apr, leanest in Jul.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 79.0 | 91.4 | 159 | 192 | 155 | 36.3 | 16.0 | 19.8 | 17.5 | 26.8 | 75.5 | 83.8 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge East Fork Black River near Lesterville, MO, under a mile away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358064088
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