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Columbia Bottom Conservation Area

Columbia Bottom Conservation Area from directly overhead

Columbia Bottom Conservation Area is a ghost town in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 129 m. Tucker Knob stands 268 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Cora Island Unit, a nature reserve 1.9 miles away. Great River Road passes 7.4 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

human settlement in Missouri, United States of America

The record

What the record says

Founded
1997
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.80810, -90.15160

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
  • Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center: 2.7 mi
  • National Great Rivers Museum: 4.3 mi
  • Wood River Museum and Visitor Center: 4.6 mi
  • Wood River Refinery History Museum: 4.7 mi
  • Alton Museum of History and Art: 6.6 mi
Artworks
Historic sites: 57
  • Lewis & Clark Expidition: 2.1 mi
  • Hartford Castle: 3.6 mi
  • Structure: 3.7 mi
  • Wpa Outdoor Living room: 3.8 mi
  • WPA Comfort Station: 3.8 mi
Parks
  • Lewis and Clark State Memorial Park: 2.2 mi
  • Spanish Lake Park: 2.7 mi
  • Larimore Road Park: 3.0 mi
  • Chain of Rocks Park: 3.4 mi
  • Hartford Park: 3.4 mi
Gardens: 53
  • Nan Elliot Rose Garden: 7.2 mi
  • Baden Community Garden: 8.1 mi
  • North County Agricultural Education Center: 9.7 mi
  • Discovery Gardens: 9.9 mi
  • Elementary School Garden: 10.1 mi
Attractions: 42
Nature reserves: 22
Peaks: 19
  • Fox Hill: 10.5 mi
  • Monks Mound: 11.3 mi
  • Big Mound (Historical): 11.6 mi
  • Rattlesnake Mound: 12.3 mi
  • Government Hill: 13.9 mi
Picnic sites: 19
Springs: 10
  • Bellefontaine Spring: 3.7 mi
  • Oak Spring: 8.8 mi
  • Cabanne Spring: 13.2 mi
  • Burnham Spring: 14.5 mi
  • Headwaters: 15.0 mi
Cliffs: 9
  • Vilhauer Bluff: 10.2 mi
  • La Charbonier Bluff: 12.9 mi
  • Old Keller Quary: 18.5 mi
  • Shelter Bluff: 19.2 mi
  • Cliff: 21.3 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Beaver Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Creek Trek Waterfall: 8.8 mi
  • Deer Lake Riffles: 13.4 mi
  • Wise Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Dripping Springs: 18.9 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Columbia Bottom Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tucker KnobWNW268 m22.6 mi
McAdams PeakWNW246 m24.1 mi
McCoy HillNW237 m24.3 mi
Clarks MoundSSE196 m16.4 mi
Two Story HillWNW188 m22.7 mi
Fox HillSE182 m10.5 mi
Browns MoundESE174 m15.1 mi
Neudeckers MountainE171 m19.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3819:13
June solstice05:3719:5020:30
September equinox06:4918:2418:59
December solstice07:1616:0116:43

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303544566675787770584535
Precip in2.52.53.54.95.53.43.93.33.42.93.42.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alton - Melvin Price L&D, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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