Dad's Garden
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Dad's Garden is a garden in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 373 m. Tower Hill stands 400 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Richard F Clement Memorial State Forest and Wildlife Area, a park 6.5 miles away. Historic Route 66 - MO passes 18 miles off. 151 named places lie within 25 miles, 10 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Omer Herbert
How to reach it
- 17.5 mi off the Historic Route 66 - MO
- 91.3 mi off the Great River Road, National
151 named places within 25 miles
- Richard F Clement Memorial State Forest and Wildlife Area: 6.5 mi
- Finch Park: 9.3 mi
- SMDH Garden: 11.5 mi
- Al Brown Ball Fields: 12.2 mi
- Dent County Fairgound: 13.1 mi
- PineySpring: 8.7 mi
- Relfe Spring: 11.4 mi
- Yelton Spring: 14.2 mi
- Montauk Springs: 14.4 mi
- Discharge pipe: 14.7 mi
- Relfe: 11.9 mi
- Vessie: 13.5 mi
- Spring Creek: 15.3 mi
- Edanville: 15.3 mi
- Hazleton: 16.1 mi
- Jeanie B. Weaver Dialysis Unit: 11.5 mi
- Dr. Martin Hart Plaque: 11.5 mi
- Obstetrics Wing: 11.6 mi
- SHS Football: 12.6 mi
- SHS Tiger Tank: 12.7 mi
- The Deer Statue: 13.4 mi
- The Gassy Pig: 13.4 mi
- The Gassy Pig: 13.4 mi
- Jack Carney Puck and Plaza: 20.6 mi
- 1501: 20.8 mi
- Pilot Knob: 11.3 mi
- Wards Hill: 13.2 mi
- Cabbage Head: 14.6 mi
- Blue Knob: 16.4 mi
- Deckers Point: 19.6 mi
- George O. White State Forest Nursery: 9.0 mi
- Peter A. Eck Conservation Area: 14.2 mi
- Ross Access: 14.7 mi
- Shawnee Mac Lakes Conservation Area: 14.9 mi
- Marguerite Bray Conservation Area: 18.5 mi
- Texas County Museum of Art: 11.6 mi
- Bonebrake Center of Nature and History: 13.5 mi
- Dent county museum: 13.6 mi
- U.S. Army Engineer, Chemical, and Military Police Museum: 19.2 mi
- Phelps County Historical Society: 20.1 mi
- Pine Bluff: 14.9 mi
- Narrow Gap Bluff: 16.4 mi
- Bell Bluff: 19.6 mi
- Panther Bluff: 20.4 mi
- Bryant Bluff: 23.4 mi
- Millennium People: 20.5 mi
- Millennium People: 20.5 mi
- Gary Havener Statue: 20.6 mi
- Saint Patrick Statue: 20.7 mi
- Jesus Statue: 20.9 mi
- Natural Bridge: 15.3 mi
- Paddy Creek Natural Arch: 16.0 mi
- Truck Parking: 21.2 mi
- Truck Parking: 21.3 mi
- Gary Thomas Memorial Garden: 20.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dad's Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tower Hill | ESE 109° | 400 m | 24.0 mi |
| Blue Knob | NE 54° | 392 m | 16.4 mi |
| Pilot Knob | N 355° | 372 m | 11.3 mi |
| Ball Hill | ESE 104° | 366 m | 22.2 mi |
| Wards Hill | NE 46° | 356 m | 13.2 mi |
| Cabbage Head | WSW 258° | 332 m | 14.6 mi |
| Craig Hill | ENE 59° | 329 m | 23.0 mi |
| Lost Mountain | NE 55° | 317 m | 23.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:54 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:12 | 16:53 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 36 | 45 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salem 10 W, 4 mi away.
- Six-spotted Tiger Beetle1 obs
- common selfheal1 obs
- Alfalfa1 obs
- Little Brown Skink1 obs
- American burnweed1 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.
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