Alpha
Alpha is an artwork in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 172 m. Tavern Rock stands 272 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Untitled, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 - MO passes 0.4 miles off. 26 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1974
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Historic Route 66 - MO
- 0.6 mi off the Great River Road - Missouri
- 14.2 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 14.1 mi off the Historic National Road - Illinois, National
Overlooks nearby
- Elk Hollow · 7 mi
- Bird Viewing Blind · 14 mi
- Mississippi River Overlook · 14 mi
- Mounted Binculors · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Untitled: 0.0 mi
- Untitled: 0.0 mi
- Sugabus: 0.0 mi
- Knots: 0.1 mi
- Four Shades: 0.1 mi
- Laumeier Sculpture Park: 0.2 mi
- Watson Trail Park: 0.7 mi
- Emmeneger Nature Park: 1.0 mi
- Football Sled: 1.1 mi
- Football 4 Sled: 1.1 mi
- Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center: 0.8 mi
- The Magic House: 1.9 mi
- Sappington House: 2.1 mi
- Fenton History Museum: 2.5 mi
- The Frank Lloyd Wright House in Ebsworth Park: 2.8 mi
- Heroes Memorial: 1.8 mi
- Ruins: 3.8 mi
- Rosenblatt Monument: 6.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 6.2 mi
- Aggregate Processing Works Ruins: 6.3 mi
- Southern Pacific Railroad #4460: 2.9 mi
- Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad #5998: 2.9 mi
- talian State Railways Ferrovie Dello Stato: 2.9 mi
- U.S. Army #2002: 2.9 mi
- General Motors #103 Locomotive: 2.9 mi
- McCausland Community Garden: 7.6 mi
- Star Garden: 8.1 mi
- Star Garden: 8.1 mi
- Hi-Pointe Neighborhood Garden: 8.5 mi
- Old Bonhomme Elementary School Garden: 8.6 mi
- Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center: 0.6 mi
- Bittersweet Woods Conservation Area: 3.6 mi
- Phantom Forest Conservation Area: 3.7 mi
- Forest 44 Conservation Area: 6.0 mi
- Tweed Prairie: 9.4 mi
- Antire Hill: 7.7 mi
- Art Hill: 9.2 mi
- Government Hill: 9.4 mi
- Oklahoma Hill: 10.9 mi
- Frisco Hill: 11.4 mi
- Countrylane Woods II Picnic Area: 4.0 mi
- Picnic Tables: 4.9 mi
- Picnic Site 1: 5.7 mi
- Picnic Site 2: 5.8 mi
- Picnic Site 5: 5.9 mi
- Bright Spring: 4.6 mi
- Pettys Spring: 4.7 mi
- Webster Retention Pond Seep: 4.9 mi
- Smizer Mill Spring: 5.0 mi
- Horse Spring: 5.4 mi
- Broadway: 8.4 mi
- Times Beach: 10.3 mi
- Goldman: 18.2 mi
- Columbia Bottom Conservation Area: 23.1 mi
- Wilkie: 23.7 mi
- Climbing Area: 13.8 mi
- Shelter bluff: 14.0 mi
- Vilhauer Bluff: 14.3 mi
- La Charbonier Bluff: 18.6 mi
- Deer Lake Riffles: 10.0 mi
- Wise Falls: 10.0 mi
- Dripping Springs: 11.8 mi
- Stone Arch: 21.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Alpha. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tavern Rock | WNW 283° | 272 m | 18.5 mi |
| Chinkapin Hill | SW 234° | 262 m | 18.3 mi |
| Buck Knob | S 172° | 259 m | 23.6 mi |
| Herman's Hilltop | SW 234° | 248 m | 17.9 mi |
| Frisco Hill | S 190° | 247 m | 11.4 mi |
| North LaBarque Hill | SW 236° | 247 m | 18.7 mi |
| South LaBarque Hill | SW 235° | 244 m | 18.8 mi |
| Antire Hill | WSW 253° | 237 m | 7.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:50 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:25 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:03 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 37 | 47 | 58 | 68 | 77 | 81 | 79 | 72 | 60 | 48 | 37 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Louis SCI CTR, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/5118585724
Day trips start here
- St. Louis County · 7 mi
- St. Louis · 11 mi
- Cahokia · 12 mi
- Ferguson · 15 mi
- East St. Louis · 16 mi
- St. Charles · 17 mi
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