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HMS Actaeon Guns

HMS Actaeon Guns from directly overhead

HMS Actaeon Guns is an attraction in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 166 m. Frisco Hill stands 247 m to the southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Lafayette Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 - MO passes 0.3 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Step-free access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.61632, -90.21604

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lafayette Park: 0.0 mi
  • Lafayette Park Historic Baseball Field: 0.0 mi
  • Fountain Park Plaza: 0.2 mi
  • Eads Square Park: 0.4 mi
  • Buder Park: 0.6 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Gardens: 60
  • Cook Pavilion Garden: 0.1 mi
  • McKinley Heights Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Fox Park Farm: 0.7 mi
  • Rung for Women Garden: 0.8 mi
  • English Cave Community Garden: 1.3 mi
Attractions
Museums
  • Magic Chef Mansion: 1.1 mi
  • Neon Museum of Saint Louis: 1.2 mi
  • Campbell House Museum: 1.3 mi
  • The Field House Museum: 1.3 mi
  • St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame and Museum: 1.4 mi
Nature reserves: 28
Picnic sites: 22
Springs: 19
Peaks: 18
  • Big Mound (Historical): 2.4 mi
  • Government Hill: 4.0 mi
  • Art Hill: 4.5 mi
  • Clarks Mound: 8.3 mi
  • Rattlesnake Mound: 8.5 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Wise Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Deer Lake Riffles: 3.8 mi
  • Dripping Springs: 15.7 mi
  • Creek Trek Waterfall: 21.0 mi
  • Beaver Falls: 21.0 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Cliffs: 3
  • Vilhauer Bluff: 10.1 mi
  • La Charbonier Bluff: 16.7 mi
  • Climbing Area: 24.8 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Stone Arch: 23.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of HMS Actaeon Guns. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Frisco HillSW 219°247 m20.6 mi
Antire HillWSW 249°237 m19.6 mi
Potato HillS 191°218 m23.7 mi
Bald HillWSW 248°205 m24.2 mi
Clarks MoundESE 108°196 m8.3 mi
Turkey HillESE 121°185 m19.8 mi
Fox HillENE 61°182 m12.8 mi
Browns MoundENE 70°174 m17.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3819:13
June solstice05:3719:5020:29
September equinox06:4918:2519:00
December solstice07:1616:0216:44

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333747586877817972604837
Precip in2.72.33.64.84.94.74.23.73.43.23.72.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Louis SCI CTR, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5258173709

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