Emerson Conservatory
Emerson Conservatory is a garden in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 155 m. Frisco Hill stands 247 m to the southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Grande Baigneuse, No. 4, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 - MO runs past it. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Missouri Botanical Garden
- Access
- Customers only
How to reach it
- On the Historic Route 66 - MO
- 4.4 mi off the Historic National Road - Illinois, National
- 4.7 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 4.5 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Mississippi River Overlook · 4 mi
- Mounted Binculors · 11 mi
- Mississippi & Missouri River Confluence Point · 16 mi
- Elk Hollow · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Grande Baigneuse, No. 4: 0.0 mi
- Schomeyer Sunquest: 0.0 mi
- Birth of the Muses: 0.1 mi
- Deidre: 0.1 mi
- Maura: 0.1 mi
- Missouri Botanical Garden: 0.1 mi
- Compton Hill Water Tower: 1.1 mi
- Forest Park Fish Hatchery: 2.0 mi
- World's Fair Pavilion: 2.1 mi
- Big Muddy Adventures at the Boathouse: 2.3 mi
- Paul Kohl Memorial Garden: 0.2 mi
- Flora Place Park: 0.5 mi
- Botanical Heights Playground: 0.6 mi
- Tower Grove Park: 0.6 mi
- Adams Park: 0.6 mi
- Sachs Museum: 0.2 mi
- Saint Louis Science Center: 1.1 mi
- Saint Louis Science Center: 1.2 mi
- HealthWorks! Kids' Museum St. Louis: 1.2 mi
- Magic Chef Mansion: 1.2 mi
- GHV Entry Garden: 0.5 mi
- Dorothy Park Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- Brightside Demo Garden: 0.5 mi
- Hidden Alley Ranch: 0.7 mi
- GHV Entry Garden: 0.7 mi
- GHV Terrace Garden: 0.6 mi
- Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center: 10.0 mi
- Bellefontaine Conservation Area: 10.3 mi
- Horseshoe Lake State Park: 10.6 mi
- Little Creek Nature Area: 11.0 mi
- Gus Fogt Picnic Site: 0.5 mi
- Concession Picnic Site: 0.6 mi
- Tunica Picnic Site: 0.7 mi
- Gurney Picnic Site: 0.7 mi
- West End Picnic Site: 0.7 mi
- Caroline Loughlin Fountain: 0.6 mi
- Headwaters: 1.1 mi
- Cabanne Spring: 1.8 mi
- Webster Retention Pond Seep: 4.9 mi
- Falling Spring: 7.2 mi
- Government Hill: 2.0 mi
- Art Hill: 2.6 mi
- Big Mound (Historical): 4.3 mi
- Oklahoma Hill: 8.5 mi
- Clarks Mound: 10.4 mi
- Wise Falls: 1.4 mi
- Deer Lake Riffles: 2.1 mi
- Dripping Springs: 13.7 mi
- Creek Trek Waterfall: 21.1 mi
- Beaver Falls: 21.2 mi
- Broadway: 5.0 mi
- Columbia Bottom Conservation Area: 14.5 mi
- Times Beach: 20.0 mi
- Machens: 20.3 mi
- Wilkie: 20.4 mi
- Vilhauer Bluff: 9.2 mi
- La Charbonier Bluff: 15.6 mi
- Climbing Area: 22.5 mi
- Shelter bluff: 22.7 mi
- Stone Arch: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Emerson Conservatory. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frisco Hill | SW 214° | 247 m | 19.1 mi |
| Antire Hill | WSW 246° | 237 m | 17.5 mi |
| Potato Hill | S 185° | 218 m | 23.3 mi |
| Bald Hill | WSW 246° | 205 m | 22.0 mi |
| Clarks Mound | ESE 104° | 196 m | 10.4 mi |
| Two Story Hill | NW 319° | 188 m | 24.9 mi |
| Turkey Hill | ESE 117° | 185 m | 21.8 mi |
| Fox Hill | ENE 65° | 182 m | 14.9 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 Bee726 obs
- Western Honey Bee496 obs
- Eastern Carpenter Bee480 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee361 obs
- American Robin341 obs
- Ligated Furrow Bee330 obs
- Monarch278 obs
- Mallard206 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12327401393
Day trips start here
- St. Louis · 1 mi
- Cahokia · 5 mi
- East St. Louis · 7 mi
- Granite City · 8 mi
- Fairmont City · 9 mi
- Ferguson · 9 mi
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