Brightside Demo Garden
Brightside Demo Garden is a garden in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 156 m. Frisco Hill stands 247 m to the south-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Caroline Loughlin Fountain, a spring 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 - MO passes 0.4 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Brightside St. Louis
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Historic Route 66 - MO
- 4.9 mi off the Historic National Road - Illinois, National
- 5.0 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 5.1 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Mississippi River Overlook · 5 mi
- Mounted Binculors · 11 mi
- Elk Hollow · 16 mi
- Mississippi & Missouri River Confluence Point · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Italian Immigrants: 0.4 mi
- Professional Business Men Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Louis G. “Midge” Berra Monument: 0.6 mi
- Verdi: 0.7 mi
- Gounod: 0.7 mi
- Piazza Imo: 0.4 mi
- Tower Grove Park: 0.6 mi
- Paul Kohl Memorial Garden: 0.7 mi
- Berra Park: 0.7 mi
- Sublette Park: 0.9 mi
- Wood Ducks: 0.4 mi
- Maura: 0.5 mi
- Deidre: 0.5 mi
- Mother and Child: 0.5 mi
- George Engelmann: 0.5 mi
- Missouri Botanical Garden: 0.4 mi
- Compton Hill Water Tower: 1.5 mi
- World's Fair Pavilion: 1.9 mi
- Wildlife Conservation School: 2.1 mi
- Forest Park Fish Hatchery: 2.1 mi
- Sachs Museum: 0.5 mi
- HealthWorks! Kids' Museum St. Louis: 1.1 mi
- Saint Louis Science Center: 1.2 mi
- Saint Louis Science Center: 1.2 mi
- Magic Chef Mansion: 1.7 mi
- Emerson Conservatory: 0.5 mi
- Dorothy Park Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- Marti Frumhoff Memorial Garden: 1.0 mi
- GHV Entry Garden: 1.0 mi
- Hidden Alley Ranch: 1.1 mi
- GHV Terrace Garden: 1.1 mi
- Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center: 9.5 mi
- Bittersweet Woods Conservation Area: 10.6 mi
- Bellefontaine Conservation Area: 10.6 mi
- Tweed Prairie: 10.8 mi
- Gus Fogt Picnic Site: 0.4 mi
- West End Picnic Site: 0.4 mi
- Gurney Picnic Site: 0.5 mi
- Concession Picnic Site: 0.5 mi
- Tunica Picnic Site: 0.5 mi
- Caroline Loughlin Fountain: 0.3 mi
- Headwaters: 1.3 mi
- Cabanne Spring: 1.9 mi
- Webster Retention Pond Seep: 4.4 mi
- Falling Spring: 7.3 mi
- Government Hill: 1.9 mi
- Art Hill: 2.4 mi
- Big Mound (Historical): 4.8 mi
- Oklahoma Hill: 8.5 mi
- Clarks Mound: 10.9 mi
- Wise Falls: 1.4 mi
- Deer Lake Riffles: 2.1 mi
- Dripping Springs: 13.3 mi
- Creek Trek Waterfall: 21.3 mi
- Beaver Falls: 21.5 mi
- Broadway: 4.8 mi
- Columbia Bottom Conservation Area: 14.9 mi
- Times Beach: 19.5 mi
- Machens: 20.4 mi
- Wilkie: 20.4 mi
- Vilhauer Bluff: 9.2 mi
- La Charbonier Bluff: 15.5 mi
- Climbing Area: 22.0 mi
- Shelter bluff: 22.2 mi
- Stone Arch: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Brightside Demo Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frisco Hill | SSW 213° | 247 m | 18.7 mi |
| Antire Hill | WSW 246° | 237 m | 17.0 mi |
| Potato Hill | S 184° | 218 m | 23.1 mi |
| Bald Hill | WSW 246° | 205 m | 21.5 mi |
| Clarks Mound | ESE 102° | 196 m | 10.9 mi |
| Two Story Hill | NW 320° | 188 m | 24.8 mi |
| Turkey Hill | ESE 116° | 185 m | 22.1 mi |
| Fox Hill | ENE 65° | 182 m | 15.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:50 | 20:30 |
| 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, 1 mi away.
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee877 obs
- Western Honey Bee622 obs
- Eastern Carpenter Bee535 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee451 obs
- Ligated Furrow Bee395 obs
- American Robin337 obs
- Monarch331 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail207 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/697518417
Day trips start here
- St. Louis · 2 mi
- Cahokia · 5 mi
- East St. Louis · 8 mi
- Ferguson · 9 mi
- Granite City · 9 mi
- Fairmont City · 10 mi
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