Pine Mountain is a summit in St. Francois County in the U.S. state of Missouri. The summit has an elevation of 1,499 feet (457 m).[1] The mountain is about 3.5 miles south of Bismarck along Missouri Route N. The peak rises just south of the confluence of Indian Creek with the St. Francis River.[2]
Pine Mountain was so named after the amount of immense of pine trees on its summit.[3]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pine Mountain (Missouri)
- ^ Iron Mountain Lake, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1968 (1983 rev.)
- ^ "St. Francois County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2016.