Jewel Box
Jewel Box is a garden in Missouri, at a recorded elevation of 162 m. Frisco Hill stands 247 m to the south-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Saint Francis of Assisi, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 - MO passes 0.8 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1936
- Elevation
- 162 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of St. Louis
- Access
- Yes
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Historic Route 66 - MO
- 5.5 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 5.5 mi off the Historic National Road - Illinois, National
- 6.0 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Mississippi River Overlook · 6 mi
- Mounted Binculors · 10 mi
- Mississippi & Missouri River Confluence Point · 15 mi
- Elk Hollow · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Saint Francis of Assisi: 0.0 mi
- Vandeventer Place Gates: 0.1 mi
- Turtle Monument: 0.3 mi
- Animals Always: 0.3 mi
- Muny Kids: 0.4 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Aviation Field: 0.4 mi
- Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Memorial: 0.6 mi
- River Des Peres National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark: 0.6 mi
- Spanish Cannon "Examinador": 0.7 mi
- World's Fair Pavilion: 0.3 mi
- Big Muddy Adventures at the Boathouse: 0.5 mi
- Forest Park Fish Hatchery: 0.7 mi
- Wildlife Conservation School: 0.8 mi
- Missouri Botanical Garden: 1.8 mi
- Pagoda Circle: 0.4 mi
- Saint Louis Zoo Annex: 0.6 mi
- Carol Gates Throop Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
- Dogtown Veteran's Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
- Pollinator Hill: 1.0 mi
- HealthWorks! Kids' Museum St. Louis: 0.6 mi
- Saint Louis Science Center: 0.6 mi
- Saint Louis Science Center: 0.7 mi
- Saint Louis Art Museum: 0.8 mi
- World Chess Hall of Fame: 1.2 mi
- Flowerbed: 0.6 mi
- GROW Pavilion and Gallery: 0.7 mi
- Full Circle Healing Garden: 0.7 mi
- Hi-Pointe Neighborhood Garden: 1.3 mi
- Boyle Laclede Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- GHV Terrace Garden: 2.2 mi
- Bellefontaine Conservation Area: 9.2 mi
- Little Creek Nature Area: 9.5 mi
- Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center: 9.7 mi
- Little Creek: 9.7 mi
- Picnic Ground 3: 0.3 mi
- Williams Family Solar Pavilion: 0.5 mi
- Gus Fogt Picnic Site: 2.1 mi
- West End Picnic Site: 2.1 mi
- Concession Picnic Site: 2.2 mi
- Cabanne Spring: 0.7 mi
- Caroline Loughlin Fountain: 2.0 mi
- Headwaters: 2.9 mi
- Webster Retention Pond Seep: 4.7 mi
- Falling Spring: 9.0 mi
- Government Hill: 0.3 mi
- Art Hill: 0.8 mi
- Big Mound (Historical): 5.1 mi
- Oklahoma Hill: 10.2 mi
- Rattlesnake Mound: 11.7 mi
- Deer Lake Riffles: 0.5 mi
- Wise Falls: 0.7 mi
- Dripping Springs: 12.0 mi
- Creek Trek Waterfall: 19.8 mi
- Beaver Falls: 20.0 mi
- Broadway: 6.4 mi
- Columbia Bottom Conservation Area: 13.8 mi
- Wilkie: 18.7 mi
- Machens: 18.7 mi
- Times Beach: 19.5 mi
- Vilhauer Bluff: 7.5 mi
- La Charbonier Bluff: 13.8 mi
- Climbing Area: 21.5 mi
- Shelter bluff: 21.8 mi
- Old Keller Quary: 24.4 mi
- Stone Arch: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Jewel Box. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frisco Hill | SSW 209° | 247 m | 19.7 mi |
| Antire Hill | WSW 241° | 237 m | 17.0 mi |
| Potato Hill | S 182° | 218 m | 24.7 mi |
| Bald Hill | WSW 241° | 205 m | 21.6 mi |
| Clarks Mound | ESE 109° | 196 m | 12.0 mi |
| Two Story Hill | NW 319° | 188 m | 23.1 mi |
| Turkey Hill | ESE 119° | 185 m | 23.5 mi |
| Fox Hill | ENE 72° | 182 m | 15.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:50 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 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, under a mile away.
- Western Honey Bee1,272 obs
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee966 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee606 obs
- Eastern Carpenter Bee603 obs
- American Robin578 obs
- Mallard428 obs
- Great Egret371 obs
- Ligated Furrow Bee371 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/28533273
Day trips start here
- St. Louis · 2 mi
- Cahokia · 7 mi
- East St. Louis · 8 mi
- Ferguson · 8 mi
- Granite City · 8 mi
- St. Louis County · 9 mi
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