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Spring Creek

Spring Creek from directly overhead

Spring Creek is a ghost town in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 237 m. Pilot Knob stands 372 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Stone Mill Spring, a spring 1.8 miles away. Great River Road passes 101 miles off. 127 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.

settlement in Phelps County, Missouri, United States

How to reach it

Coordinates37.76254, -92.02405

127 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 36
  • Fort Leonard Wood State Wildlife Management Area: 6.5 mi
  • Bosa Heights Park: 6.8 mi
  • George M. Reed Roadside Park: 7.9 mi
  • Saint Robert Municipal Park: 7.9 mi
  • Plattner Neighborhood Park: 8.5 mi
Springs: 22
  • Stone Mill Spring: 1.8 mi
  • Relfe Spring: 4.3 mi
  • Miller Spring: 5.0 mi
  • Shanghai Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Yelton Spring: 5.9 mi
Ghost towns: 17
Cliffs: 9
Attractions: 8
Nature reserves: 8
Peaks: 6
  • Deckers Point: 4.3 mi
  • Lost Hill: 5.1 mi
  • Cabbage Head: 10.4 mi
  • Pilot Knob: 12.9 mi
  • Pilot Knob: 22.7 mi
Museums: 6
Artworks: 5
Natural arches: 3
  • Natural Bridge: 8.2 mi
  • Paddy Creek Natural Arch: 14.1 mi
  • Clifty Creek Natural Bridge: 19.1 mi
Historic sites: 3
  • Trail of Tears Memorial: 10.5 mi
  • Rolla Inn: 18.0 mi
  • Missouri S&T Stonehenge: 19.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Truck Parking: 14.0 mi
  • Truck Parking: 14.2 mi
Gardens: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pilot KnobENE 73°372 m12.9 mi
Wards HillE 86°356 m23.0 mi
Cabbage HeadS 185°332 m10.4 mi
Pilot KnobNNE 31°286 m22.7 mi
Lost HillNW 321°241 m5.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:20
June solstice05:4719:5520:34
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:2116:1216:53

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323645556473777668574536
Precip in2.82.54.24.95.14.64.24.23.93.43.93.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Leonard Wood, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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