Taum Sauk Mountain
…summit (1,502 ft [458 m] above sea level), Black Mountain rises just under 1,000 ft (300 m) in elevation from the valley below. In 1991 Missouri created Taum Sauk Mountain State Park, a 7,448-acre (30.14 km2) state park on the mountain: it has a rustic campground, a paved trail to the highpoint marked by a polished granite plaque…