Taum Sauk Mountain
- Prominence
- 156 m512 ft
- Isolation
- at least 200 km
- Tonight
- 48°FFair · Wind 5 mph SE
Taum Sauk Mountain is a 540 m (1,772 ft) mountain in the St. Francois Mountains, Missouri, United States.
All facts
- Elevation
- 540 m · 1,772 ft
- Range
- St. Francois Mountains
- Region
- Missouri, United States
- Protected area
- Saint Francois Mountains Natural Area
- Spanish name
- Taum Sauk
- Coordinates
- 37.5712° N, 90.7291° W
Taum Sauk Mountain 3D map
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Taum Sauk Mountain terrain and contours
10 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
Taum Sauk Mountain elevation profile
West → east through the summit
Taum Sauk Mountain weather
Tonight · Fair · 48°F (9°C) · Wind 5 mph SE
Taum Sauk Mountain forecast for the summit, about 491 m.
- Tonight48°–5 mph SE
- Sat51°74°1%2 mph S
- Sun52°74°–2 mph S
- Mon51°73°–2 mph S
- Tue52°72°1%2 mph S
- Wed52°73°1%1–5 mph S
- Thu49°73°5%5 mph SW
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 02:47 UTC.
Slope
Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 87% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.1% of the 36 km² view
- Relief in view
- 238 m low point 302 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 557 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Prairie Lizard69
- Prairie blazing star34
- Bird's foot violet31
- Wild quinine22
- Shining sumac20
- Lichen Grasshopper20
Where Taum Sauk Mountain sits
- Region
- Missouri9United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Taum Sauk Mountain downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 540 m at the summit; the official height is 540 m.
A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 540 m | — |
| USGS 3DEP lidar | 540 m | 0 m |
| USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page) | 540 m | -0 m |
| Copernicus GLO-30 | 551 m | +11 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 549 m | +9 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-14)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Protected area
- USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Accuracy comparison
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia