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Old Bonhomme Elementary School Garden

Old Bonhomme Elementary School Garden from directly overhead

Old Bonhomme Elementary School Garden is a garden in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 216 m. Tavern Rock stands 272 m to the west-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Abstract Variation No. 7, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 - MO passes 3.2 miles off. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Access
Permitted

How to reach it

Coordinates38.66904, -90.38949

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Abstract Variation No. 7: 0.1 mi
  • Morning Dew: 1.7 mi
  • Mother and Child: 2.4 mi
  • Window Tree: 2.6 mi
  • Eggs and Columns: 3.0 mi
Parks
  • Stacy Park: 0.2 mi
  • Warson Park: 0.8 mi
  • Villa Park: 1.0 mi
  • Indian Meadows Park: 1.1 mi
  • Rodes Park: 1.1 mi
Historic sites
  • The Rock House, 1844: 1.9 mi
  • Site of Appel House (1830): 2.1 mi
  • William Campbell House (1850): 2.3 mi
  • Overland Historical Society Log House (1850): 2.4 mi
  • Site of Frank Spencer House (1901): 2.4 mi
Museums
Attractions
Gardens: 58
  • Syracuse Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Burning Kumquat: 4.5 mi
  • Elizabeth Danforth Butterfly Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Clemens Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Hi-Pointe Neighborhood Garden: 5.2 mi
Nature reserves: 31
  • Bittersweet Woods Conservation Area: 6.8 mi
  • Phantom Forest Conservation Area: 7.1 mi
  • August G. Beckemeier Conservation Area: 7.5 mi
  • Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Howard Bend Unit: 7.7 mi
  • Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center: 8.2 mi
Springs: 28
Peaks: 27
  • Art Hill: 5.5 mi
  • Government Hill: 6.1 mi
  • Big Mound (Historical): 11.1 mi
  • Antire Hill: 14.0 mi
  • Oklahoma Hill: 14.9 mi
Picnic sites: 23
Cliffs: 13
  • Vilhauer Bluff: 6.2 mi
  • La Charbonier Bluff: 10.1 mi
  • Climbing Area: 16.6 mi
  • Shelter bluff: 16.9 mi
  • Old Keller Quary: 20.8 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Dripping Springs: 5.7 mi
  • Deer Lake Riffles: 6.3 mi
  • Wise Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Creek Trek Waterfall: 19.3 mi
  • Beaver Falls: 19.8 mi
Ghost towns: 6

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Old Bonhomme Elementary School Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tavern RockWSW 257°272 m20.1 mi
Tucker KnobNNW 344°268 m22.5 mi
Herman's HilltopSW 220°248 m24.9 mi
Frisco HillS 190°247 m19.9 mi
McAdams PeakNNW 339°246 m22.9 mi
Antire HillSW 220°237 m14.0 mi
Glassberg HillSW 225°214 m22.0 mi
Bald HillSW 226°205 m18.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3919:14
June solstice05:3819:5020:30
September equinox06:5018:2519:00
December solstice07:1716:0216:44

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323747586877807971594737
Precip in2.62.23.54.74.84.53.93.43.03.23.42.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Louis Lambert Intl AP, 6 mi away.

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee252 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee237 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee169 obs
  • Western Honey Bee136 obs
  • Metallic Sweat Bees96 obs
  • Two-spotted Bumble Bee93 obs
  • Ligated Furrow Bee76 obs
  • Monarch52 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/526490207

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