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This Is Our Water

This Is Our Water from directly overhead

This Is Our Water is an artwork in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 143 m. Tavern Rock stands 272 m to the southwest, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Meeting Places, a artwork 0.8 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 25 miles off. 24 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Height
7'6"
Material
steel
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates38.67662, -90.64738

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Attractions
  • Landings at Spirit Golf Club: 1.3 mi
  • The Factory: 2.9 mi
  • Whimsical Woods: 5.8 mi
  • Tavern Rock Cave: 7.8 mi
  • Our Lady of the Way Shrine: 8.6 mi
Parks
  • Bur oaks Children's Park: 1.5 mi
  • Railroad Park: 2.2 mi
  • River's Edge Park: 3.1 mi
  • Veterans Tribute Park: 3.7 mi
  • Central Park: 4.3 mi
Historic sites
Museums: 55
  • Saint Charles Heritage Museum: 7.4 mi
  • Myseum: 7.9 mi
  • Morton J. May Foundation Gallery: 7.9 mi
  • Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum: 8.3 mi
  • Wildwood History Museum: 9.4 mi
Gardens: 52
Nature reserves: 29
Springs: 27
  • Babler Spring: 4.2 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 5.1 mi
  • Rockwood Spring: 8.0 mi
  • Zombie Road Spring: 9.1 mi
  • Sontags Spring: 9.3 mi
Peaks: 24
  • Tavern Rock: 7.5 mi
  • High Point St. Louis County: 10.7 mi
  • Antire Hill: 12.3 mi
  • Bald Hill: 13.3 mi
  • Jensen's Point: 14.0 mi
Picnic sites: 22
Cliffs: 13
Beaches: 13
  • Wunderblick Beach: 21.0 mi
  • Twimsberg Beach: 21.2 mi
  • Incline Village Beach: 21.3 mi
  • Seebach Beach: 21.4 mi
  • Geneva Beach: 21.6 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Dripping Springs: 9.4 mi
  • Deer Lake Riffles: 20.1 mi
  • Wise Falls: 20.7 mi
  • Falls: 23.1 mi
  • Sierra Falls: 23.3 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Rest areas: 2
  • Wright City Rest Area (Westbound): 24.2 mi
  • Wright City Rest Area (Eastbound): 24.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of This Is Our Water. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tavern RockSW 229°272 m7.5 mi
Tucker KnobNNE 20°268 m22.4 mi
Chinkapin HillS 187°262 m19.9 mi
Herman's HilltopS 186°248 m19.7 mi
North LaBarque HillS 189°247 m19.8 mi
Frisco HillSSE 153°247 m22.6 mi
McAdams PeakNNE 15°246 m21.6 mi
South LaBarque HillS 189°244 m19.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4019:15
June solstice05:3919:5220:31
September equinox06:5118:2619:01
December solstice07:1816:0316:45

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323646566675797769574536
Precip in2.42.03.54.64.64.33.33.43.03.13.32.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Louis Spirit OF ST Louis AP, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11284396054

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