Fort Belofontaine Monument
Fort Belofontaine Monument is a historic site in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 150 m. Chinkapin Hill stands 262 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Minnesota Monument, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Great River Road - Missouri passes 2.6 miles off. 26 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery is an American military cemetery located in St. Louis County, Missouri, just on the banks of the Mississippi River. The cemetery was established after the American Civil War in an attempt to put together a formal network of military cemeteries. It started as the Jefferson Barracks Military Post Cemetery in 1826 and became a United States National Cemetery in 1866. The first known burial was Elizabeth Ann Lash, the infant child of an officer stationed at Jefferson Barracks. The cemetery is administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs on the former site of Jefferson Barracks. It covers 331 acres (134 ha) and the number of interments as of 2021 is approximately 237,000. The cemetery is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
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Dates from 1826.
Wikidata Q6175376, joined on its National Register reference.
What the record says
- Built
- 1904
- Material
- stone
- Inscription
- Memorial to the Unknown Soldiers who died while in camp between 1806 and 1826 at Fort Bellefontaine...
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the Great River Road - Missouri
- 5.8 mi off the Historic Route 66 - MO
- 3.2 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 10.5 mi off the Historic National Road - Illinois, National
Overlooks nearby
- Mississippi River Overlook · 10 mi
- Elk Hollow · 14 mi
- Mounted Binculors · 19 mi
- Bird Viewing Blind · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Minnesota Monument: 0.1 mi
- Minuteman: 0.5 mi
- Alderman Albert (Red) Villa: 3.6 mi
- Blue Collar Baroque: 5.4 mi
- All Heart: 5.5 mi
- To the Confederate Dead: 0.2 mi
- Old Guard Monument: 1.3 mi
- WWII in the Pacific: 1.3 mi
- Mini Arch: 2.5 mi
- Donald L. Fanetti: 3.6 mi
- Jeffeson Barracks Ordnance Museum: 0.6 mi
- Jefferson Barracks Telephone Museum: 0.6 mi
- Jefferson Barracks POW-MIA Museum: 0.6 mi
- Missouri Civil War Museum: 0.6 mi
- Old Ordance Room: 1.4 mi
- Sylvan Springs Park: 0.8 mi
- Jefferson Barracks County Park: 0.9 mi
- R-9 County Park: 1.2 mi
- Black Forest County Park: 1.9 mi
- Union Road County Park: 2.3 mi
- Grant's Farm Parking Lot: 5.5 mi
- Busch Estate Carriage Rides: 5.5 mi
- Shoemaker School: 6.5 mi
- Budweiser Brewery Experience: 7.7 mi
- Anheuser-Busch Brewery Tours: 7.8 mi
- Dupo Community Garden: 3.9 mi
- Marti Frumhoff Memorial Garden: 7.0 mi
- Transgender Memorial Garden: 7.3 mi
- Star Garden: 7.5 mi
- Star Garden: 7.5 mi
- Tweed Prairie: 2.9 mi
- Stemler Cave Woods Nature Preserve: 7.0 mi
- Teszars Woods Conservation Area: 7.4 mi
- GHV Terrace Garden: 8.3 mi
- Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center: 8.9 mi
- Oklahoma Hill: 2.7 mi
- Government Hill: 9.5 mi
- Art Hill: 9.8 mi
- Mt Millstadt: 10.9 mi
- Big Mound (Historical): 11.1 mi
- Gurney Picnic Site: 7.5 mi
- Tunica Picnic Site: 7.5 mi
- Picnic Tables: 7.5 mi
- West End Picnic Site: 7.5 mi
- Concession Picnic Site: 7.6 mi
- Falling Spring: 5.5 mi
- Webster Retention Pond Seep: 7.0 mi
- Headwaters: 7.5 mi
- Caroline Loughlin Fountain: 7.6 mi
- Cabanne Spring: 9.8 mi
- Broadway: 3.2 mi
- Times Beach: 17.5 mi
- Goldman: 19.2 mi
- Columbia Bottom Conservation Area: 22.4 mi
- Vilhauer Bluff: 16.8 mi
- Climbing Area: 21.9 mi
- Shelter bluff: 22.1 mi
- La Charbonier Bluff: 22.7 mi
- Wise Falls: 9.3 mi
- Deer Lake Riffles: 9.9 mi
- Dripping Springs: 18.3 mi
- Stone Arch: 15.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fort Belofontaine Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinkapin Hill | WSW 252° | 262 m | 23.5 mi |
| Buck Knob | SSW 192° | 259 m | 20.5 mi |
| Herman's Hilltop | WSW 252° | 248 m | 23.2 mi |
| Frisco Hill | SW 231° | 247 m | 12.4 mi |
| North LaBarque Hill | WSW 253° | 247 m | 24.1 mi |
| South LaBarque Hill | WSW 252° | 244 m | 24.2 mi |
| Antire Hill | W 274° | 237 m | 15.0 mi |
| Potato Hill | S 184° | 218 m | 15.2 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 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:25 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:03 | 16:44 |
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 | 31 | 36 | 45 | 57 | 66 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 46 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cahokia, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 98000840OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/13089012428
Day trips start here
- Cahokia · 7 mi
- St. Louis · 9 mi
- East St. Louis · 11 mi
- St. Louis County · 13 mi
- Fairmont City · 14 mi
- Belleville · 16 mi
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