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English Cave Community Garden

English Cave Community Garden from directly overhead

English Cave Community Garden is a garden in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 157 m. Frisco Hill stands 247 m to the southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Friedrich Hecker Monument, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 - MO passes 1.1 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
Customers only
Fee
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates38.59705, -90.22001

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
Attractions
Artworks
  • Yeyo Arts Collective: 0.3 mi
  • Cherokee Station Shopping Area: 0.4 mi
  • mosaic: 0.5 mi
  • Flowers for Curt Flood (Saga of the Newport Gundam): 0.8 mi
  • Treemonisha: 1.2 mi
Museums
  • Magic Chef Mansion: 1.4 mi
  • Neon Museum of Saint Louis: 2.2 mi
  • The Field House Museum: 2.2 mi
  • Sachs Museum: 2.3 mi
  • St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame and Museum: 2.4 mi
Gardens: 59
  • Transgender Memorial Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Rung for Women Garden: 0.7 mi
  • McKinley Heights Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Fox Park Farm: 1.1 mi
  • Cook Pavilion Garden: 1.3 mi
Nature reserves: 28
Picnic sites: 22
Springs: 19
Peaks: 17
  • Big Mound (Historical): 3.6 mi
  • Government Hill: 4.4 mi
  • Art Hill: 5.0 mi
  • Oklahoma Hill: 7.1 mi
  • Clarks Mound: 8.2 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Wise Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Deer Lake Riffles: 4.4 mi
  • Dripping Springs: 16.1 mi
  • Creek Trek Waterfall: 22.3 mi
  • Beaver Falls: 22.3 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Cliffs: 4
  • Vilhauer Bluff: 11.2 mi
  • La Charbonier Bluff: 17.7 mi
  • Climbing Area: 24.4 mi
  • Shelter bluff: 24.7 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Stone Arch: 21.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of English Cave Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Frisco HillSW 221°247 m19.4 mi
Antire HillWSW 252°237 m19.0 mi
Potato HillS 191°218 m22.4 mi
Bald HillWSW 251°205 m23.5 mi
Clarks MoundE 99°196 m8.2 mi
Turkey HillESE 117°185 m19.4 mi
Fox HillENE 57°182 m13.7 mi
Browns MoundENE 66°174 m18.5 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–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313645576675797770584636
Precip in2.72.33.54.64.84.35.03.13.43.03.32.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cahokia, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee272 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee148 obs
  • Western Honey Bee147 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee138 obs
  • Monarch106 obs
  • Ligated Furrow Bee106 obs
  • Two-spotted Longhorn Bee92 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail79 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1310619364

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