Stono Mountain is a
summit in
St. Francois County in the
U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sove ...
of
Missouri
Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...
.
The mountain rises to an elevation of .
[''Iron Mountain Lake, Missouri,'' 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1968] Mineral City lies along the headwaters of
Doe Run Creek just to the east on
Missouri Route W
A supplemental route is a state secondary road in the U.S. state of Missouri, designated with letters. Supplemental routes were various roads within the state which the Missouri Department of Transportation was given in 1952 to maintain in additi ...
and Little Stono Mountain lies to the north.
[
Stono Mountain possibly takes its name from the Stono River in South Carolina, although folk etymology maintains stones in the area caused the name to be selected.]
See also
* List of mountain peaks of Missouri
This article comprises three sortable tables of the significant mountain peaks of Missouri. This article defines a significant mountain peak as a summit with at least of topographic prominence, and a major summit as a summit with at least of ...
References
Mountains of St. Francois County, Missouri
Mountains of Missouri
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