Baird Mountain is a
summit
A summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. The topography, topographic terms acme, apex, peak (mountain peak), and zenith are synonymous.
The term (mountain top) is generally used ...
in
Taney County in southern
Missouri
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. The peak has an elevation of The peak lies just southeast of the
Table Rock Lake dam above
Missouri Route 265.
Table Rock State Park lies just to the west.
Baird Mountain is where the
quarried the rock to make all the concrete for Table Rock Dam. The rock was transported off Baird Mountain with a one-mile-long conveyor belt to the site of the dam.
Baird Mountain has the name of one Mr. Baird, a pioneer prospector.
References
Mountains of Taney County, Missouri
Mountains of Missouri
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