Hosta Garden
Hosta Garden is a garden in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 377 m. North View Hill stands 444 m to the east-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Rose Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 - MO passes 2.7 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the Historic Route 66 - MO
Named places within 25 miles
- Nathanael Greene Park: 0.3 mi
- Edna Norris Park: 0.9 mi
- Ewing Sports Park: 1.3 mi
- Firemens Running Park: 1.3 mi
- Champion Park: 1.5 mi
- NRA National Sporting Arms Museum: 2.0 mi
- Springfield Art Museum: 3.1 mi
- History Museum on the Square: 3.5 mi
- History on the Square: 3.5 mi
- Missouri Institute of Natural Science: 4.4 mi
- Bloody Hill: 6.5 mi
- Fair Grove Mound: 16.7 mi
- Sand Mountain: 16.7 mi
- Hooten Hill: 17.2 mi
- Henley Knob: 19.1 mi
- Rose Garden: 0.0 mi
- Master Gardeners Demonstration Gardens: 0.2 mi
- Mizumoto Japanese Stroll Garden: 0.4 mi
- Xeriscape Garden: 3.2 mi
- MSC Garden: 4.0 mi
- Possum Trot: 14.3 mi
- Compton: 16.7 mi
- Holman: 16.8 mi
- Gresham: 18.1 mi
- Lawing: 19.1 mi
- Garrison Spring & Gardens: 12.8 mi
- Olie Lasley Spring: 16.7 mi
- Brown Spring: 17.4 mi
- Cave Spring: 19.6 mi
- Cash Spring: 19.7 mi
- World's Largest Fork: 1.7 mi
- Sun Target II: 3.2 mi
- Major General Sterling Price: 3.6 mi
- Drury Panther Statue: 4.2 mi
- Big Kraft Macaroni: 4.3 mi
- 1984: 3.4 mi
- East Saint Louis Street: 4.5 mi
- Ozarks Empire Fairgrounds: 6.0 mi
- Fantastic Caverns: 8.3 mi
- Spencer's Gas Station: 20.5 mi
- Fellows Lake Recreation Area: 12.0 mi
- Pearl Creek Farm: 15.5 mi
- Little Sac Woods Conservation Area: 15.6 mi
- Busiek State Forest and Wildlife Area: 21.8 mi
- Schuette Prairie: 24.5 mi
- Vietnam Memorial Garden: 0.1 mi
- Living Memorial: 5.1 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr Memorial: 5.2 mi
- Chateau Charmant: 23.2 mi
- Truck Parking: 21.6 mi
- Truck Parking: 21.7 mi
- Devils Wash Pan: 22.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hosta Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North View Hill | ENE 63° | 444 m | 20.0 mi |
| Fair Grove Mound | NE 35° | 438 m | 16.7 mi |
| Turnip Knob | SE 127° | 409 m | 24.2 mi |
| Goodnight Knob | NNE 18° | 404 m | 20.2 mi |
| Lucas Knob | NNE 23° | 402 m | 20.1 mi |
| Henley Knob | NNE 21° | 394 m | 19.1 mi |
| Hooten Hill | SSW 193° | 390 m | 17.2 mi |
| Bloody Hill | SW 226° | 383 m | 6.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 19:59 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:38 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:20 | 17:00 |
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 | 33 | 37 | 46 | 56 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 46 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 5.2 | 6.0 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Springfield WBO, 3 mi away.
- American Bullfrog71 obs
- Monarch68 obs
- Great Spangled Fritillary41 obs
- Huron Skipper40 obs
- Pond Slider38 obs
- Snowberry Clearwing36 obs
- Pipevine Swallowtail34 obs
- Eastern Cottontail33 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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