Wheels
Wheels is an artwork in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 142 m. Frisco Hill stands 247 m to the southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Triangle Park Plaza, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic National Road - Illinois passes 1.3 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- steel
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the Historic National Road - Illinois, National
- 0.5 mi off the Historic Route 66 - MO
- 1.8 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 1.3 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Mississippi River Overlook · 1 mi
- Mounted Binculors · 9 mi
- Mississippi & Missouri River Confluence Point · 14 mi
- 7 Gates of Hell: Gate 1 · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Triangle Park Plaza: 0.0 mi
- Washington Square Park: 0.2 mi
- Poelker Park: 0.2 mi
- Eternal Flame Park: 0.2 mi
- Kaufmann Park: 0.3 mi
- Brett Hull: 0.0 mi
- Bernie Federko: 0.0 mi
- Al MacInnis: 0.0 mi
- Bear: 0.1 mi
- Pierre Laclede: 0.2 mi
- World War II Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Firefighters Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Eternal Flame: 0.2 mi
- Soldiers Memorial Military Museum: 0.3 mi
- Saint Louis Police Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Campbell House Museum: 0.4 mi
- City Museum: 0.5 mi
- St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame and Museum: 0.6 mi
- The Field House Museum: 0.7 mi
- Old Courthouse: 0.7 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 0.4 mi
- 11th Street Rain Garden: 0.4 mi
- Rain Garden: 0.4 mi
- Play Garden: 0.6 mi
- Woodland Garden: 0.7 mi
- Wave Swinger: 0.4 mi
- The St. Louis Wheel: 0.4 mi
- Loco Motion Mini Spinning Coaster: 0.4 mi
- Flying Louie Pirate Ship: 0.4 mi
- HMS Actaeon Guns: 1.0 mi
- GHV Terrace Garden: 2.5 mi
- Horseshoe Lake State Park: 7.6 mi
- Bellefontaine Conservation Area: 9.7 mi
- Little Creek Nature Area: 11.2 mi
- Little Creek: 11.4 mi
- Concession Picnic Site: 3.4 mi
- Gus Fogt Picnic Site: 3.5 mi
- Tunica Picnic Site: 3.5 mi
- Gurney Picnic Site: 3.5 mi
- West End Picnic Site: 3.6 mi
- Big Mound (Historical): 1.4 mi
- Government Hill: 4.5 mi
- Art Hill: 5.1 mi
- Rattlesnake Mound: 7.6 mi
- Clarks Mound: 7.8 mi
- Headwaters: 2.8 mi
- Caroline Loughlin Fountain: 3.7 mi
- Cabanne Spring: 3.7 mi
- Falling Spring: 6.7 mi
- Webster Retention Pond Seep: 8.0 mi
- Wise Falls: 3.6 mi
- Deer Lake Riffles: 4.2 mi
- Dripping Springs: 16.1 mi
- Beaver Falls: 20.3 mi
- Creek Trek Waterfall: 20.4 mi
- Broadway: 6.6 mi
- Columbia Bottom Conservation Area: 12.9 mi
- Machens: 20.4 mi
- Wilkie: 21.1 mi
- Times Beach: 23.1 mi
- Vilhauer Bluff: 10.0 mi
- La Charbonier Bluff: 16.6 mi
- Stone Arch: 23.9 mi
- Gateway Rest Area: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wheels. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frisco Hill | SW 220° | 247 m | 21.5 mi |
| Antire Hill | WSW 248° | 237 m | 20.5 mi |
| Potato Hill | SSW 192° | 218 m | 24.5 mi |
| Clarks Mound | ESE 114° | 196 m | 7.8 mi |
| Turkey Hill | ESE 123° | 185 m | 19.6 mi |
| Fox Hill | ENE 62° | 182 m | 11.9 mi |
| Browns Mound | ENE 71° | 174 m | 16.9 mi |
| Berger Hill | E 92° | 171 m | 24.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:50 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:25 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:02 | 16:44 |
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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/7866788451
Day trips start here
- St. Louis · 2 mi
- Cahokia · 4 mi
- East St. Louis · 4 mi
- Fairmont City · 6 mi
- Granite City · 6 mi
- Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site · 8 mi
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