MSC Garden
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
MSC Garden is a garden in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 398 m. North View Hill stands 444 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Drury Prairie, a garden 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 - MO passes 0.4 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Drury University
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Historic Route 66 - MO
Named places within 25 miles
- Kellogg Greenspace: 0.3 mi
- Jordan Valley Park: 0.4 mi
- Founders Park: 0.4 mi
- Ozarks Jubilee Park: 0.5 mi
- Russel H. Keller Park: 0.5 mi
- Bloody Hill: 10.4 mi
- Fair Grove Mound: 12.7 mi
- Henley Knob: 15.4 mi
- Lucas Knob: 16.3 mi
- Goodnight Knob: 16.5 mi
- History on the Square: 0.5 mi
- History Museum on the Square: 0.5 mi
- Pedalers Bicycle Museum: 1.0 mi
- Springfield Art Museum: 1.9 mi
- NRA National Sporting Arms Museum: 2.5 mi
- Drury Prairie: 0.1 mi
- FSC Circle: 0.4 mi
- East Pacific Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- Xeriscape Garden: 2.0 mi
- Mizumoto Japanese Stroll Garden: 3.6 mi
- Holman: 13.4 mi
- Compton: 13.8 mi
- Gresham: 15.8 mi
- Possum Trot: 18.2 mi
- Velsor: 19.3 mi
- Garrison Spring & Gardens: 14.4 mi
- Olie Lasley Spring: 16.2 mi
- Cave Spring: 16.8 mi
- Brown Spring: 19.0 mi
- Bell Spring: 21.3 mi
- Drury Panther Statue: 0.2 mi
- Sun Target II: 1.9 mi
- Big Kraft Macaroni: 2.4 mi
- Major General Sterling Price: 3.2 mi
- World's Largest Fork: 5.2 mi
- 1984: 0.6 mi
- East Saint Louis Street: 1.2 mi
- Ozarks Empire Fairgrounds: 2.8 mi
- Fantastic Caverns: 6.4 mi
- Hubble Spacecraft Statue: 22.5 mi
- Fellows Lake Recreation Area: 8.1 mi
- Little Sac Woods Conservation Area: 13.4 mi
- Pearl Creek Farm: 14.6 mi
- Schuette Prairie: 21.5 mi
- Busiek State Forest and Wildlife Area: 24.4 mi
- Vietnam Memorial Garden: 4.0 mi
- Living Memorial: 6.0 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr Memorial: 6.6 mi
- Chateau Charmant: 22.1 mi
- Mill Bluff: 24.6 mi
- Devils Wash Pan: 24.9 mi
- Thompson Bluff: 24.9 mi
- Truck Parking: 24.4 mi
- Truck Parking: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of MSC Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North View Hill | ENE 69° | 444 m | 16.5 mi |
| Fair Grove Mound | NE 34° | 438 m | 12.7 mi |
| Turnip Knob | SE 136° | 409 m | 24.5 mi |
| Goodnight Knob | NNE 14° | 404 m | 16.5 mi |
| Lucas Knob | NNE 19° | 402 m | 16.3 mi |
| Henley Knob | NNE 17° | 394 m | 15.4 mi |
| Hooten Hill | SSW 198° | 390 m | 20.9 mi |
| Bloody Hill | SW 223° | 383 m | 10.4 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 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:19 | 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, 1 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel52 obs
- Western Honey Bee39 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle32 obs
- American Robin28 obs
- House Sparrow27 obs
- Eastern Carpenter Bee25 obs
- Eastern Cottontail24 obs
- Mourning Dove21 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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