Vail 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
Iron County Iron County is the name of four counties in the United States:
*Iron County, Michigan
*Iron County, Missouri
*Iron County, Utah
*Iron County, Wisconsin
Iron County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, t ...
in the
U.S. state of
Missouri. The summit has an elevation of . Vail Mountain lies to the east of
Russell Mountain and the road (
Missouri Route CC
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 ...
) to the summit of
Taum Sauk Mountain
Taum Sauk Mountain in the Saint Francois Mountains is the highest natural point in the U.S. state of Missouri at 1,772 feet (540 m).
The topography of Taum Sauk is that of an elongated ridge with a NNW-SSE orientation rather than a peak.
Desc ...
passes just west of the summit of Vail Mountain. Routes
21 and
72 traverse the south spur of the mountain before heading south through
Royal Gorge. The summit is about southwest of
Arcadia
Arcadia may refer to:
Places Australia
* Arcadia, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney
* Arcadia, Queensland
* Arcadia, Victoria
Greece
* Arcadia (region), a region in the central Peloponnese
* Arcadia (regional unit), a modern administrative un ...
and
Ironton.
Vail Mountain has the name of the local Vail family.
References
Mountains of Iron County, Missouri
Mountains of Missouri
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