Aley Mountain

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Aley Mountain is a summit in northwest Wayne County, Missouri.^[1] The mountain forms an arc shaped mountain mass with three distinct peaks. The western peak has an elevation of 1,184 feet (361 m)^[1] while the two peaks to the northeast are each above 1200 feet.^[2]

A summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. The topographic terms acme, apex, peak, and zenith are synonymous.

Wayne County is a county located in the Ozark foothills in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 13,521. The county seat is Greenville. The county was officially organized on December 11, 1818, and is named after General "Mad" Anthony Wayne who served in the American Revolutionary War.

Missouri is a state in the Midwestern United States. With over six million residents, it is the 18th-most populous state of the Union. The largest urban areas are St. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield, and Columbia; the capital is Jefferson City. The state is the 21st-most extensive in area. In the South are the Ozarks, a forested highland, providing timber, minerals, and recreation. The Missouri River, after which the state is named, flows through the center of the state into the Mississippi River, which makes up Missouri's eastern border.

The peak is about four miles northwest of Patterson and four miles south of Des Arc. Access is via county roads from route 34 to the south or route 49 at Gads Hill to the west.^[3]

Patterson is an unincorporated community in Wayne County, Missouri, United States. It is located about seven miles east of Piedmont on Route 34.

Des Arc is a village in Iron County, Missouri, United States. The population was 177 at the 2010 census.

Route 34 is a highway in southeastern Missouri. Its eastern terminus is at the Illinois state line on the Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau where it overlaps Route 74. Its western terminus is at U.S. Route 60 near Van Buren. The road continues into Illinois as Illinois Route 146.

Aley Mountain has the name of Solomon Aley, a pioneer citizen.^[4]

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References

1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Aley Mountain
↑ Patterson, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1968 (revised 1985)
↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 56 ISBN 0-89933-224-2
↑ "Wayne County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved January 1, 2017.

Coordinates: 37°13′23″N90°36′51″W / 37.22306°N 90.61417°W / 37.22306; -90.61417

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[gnis-1] 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Aley Mountain

[2] Patterson, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1968 (revised 1985)

[3] Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 56 ISBN 0-89933-224-2

[4] "Wayne County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved January 1, 2017.