Fort Davidson
Fort Davidson is a historic site in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 293 m. Taum Sauk Mountain stands 538 m to the southwest, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Battle of Pilot Knob Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 44 miles off.
Union Civil War fort - famous for the Battle of Pilot Knob.
The story
Fort Davidson, a fortification near the town of Pilot Knob, Missouri, was the site of the Battle of Fort Davidson during the American Civil War. Built by Union Army soldiers during the American Civil War, the fort repulsed Confederate attacks during the Battle of Fort Davidson on September 27, 1864, during Price's Raid. That night, the Union garrison blew up the fort's magazine and abandoned the site. A mass grave was constructed on the site to bury battlefield dead. After the war, the area was used by a mining company, before passing into private hands and eventually the administration of the United States Forest Service. In 1968, the Battle of Pilot Knob State Historic Site was created as a Missouri State Park. The fort itself was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. As of 2020, a visitors center containing a museum is located within the park. The museum contains a fiber optic display, as well as artifacts including Brigadier General Thomas Ewing Jr.'s sword. The fort's walls are still visible, as is the crater created when the magazine was detonated. A monument marks the location of the mass grave.
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Wikidata Q5471022, linked from the OpenStreetMap record's article tag.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 43.7 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 34.9 mi off the Great River Road - Missouri
Named places within 25 miles
- Pilot Knob: 0.8 mi
- Cedar Hill: 0.9 mi
- Shepherd Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Cord Wood Hill: 1.3 mi
- Oak Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Battle of Pilot Knob State Historic Site: 0.1 mi
- Elephant Rocks State Park: 3.5 mi
- Sundale Park: 9.5 mi
- Silver Mine Recreation Area: 11.8 mi
- Labruyere Park: 13.4 mi
- St. Joe Lead Federal Mill No.3: 15.9 mi
- Water Tower: 16.7 mi
- Floatation Tank 1: 16.7 mi
- Floatation Tank 2: 16.8 mi
- Primary Filtration tank: 16.8 mi
- Hassler Bluff: 14.6 mi
- Lee Bluff: 15.5 mi
- Council Bluffs: 16.2 mi
- Coil Bluff: 19.2 mi
- Clarady Bluff: 19.6 mi
- White Oak Spring: 16.8 mi
- Double Springs Hollow: 18.5 mi
- Cave Spring: 20.1 mi
- Reeds Spring: 21.3 mi
- Cooks Spring: 23.0 mi
- Berryman: 10.3 mi
- Pinkley: 13.0 mi
- Shepard: 14.5 mi
- Valley Forge: 18.5 mi
- Adelbert: 24.6 mi
- Battle of Pilot Knob Museum: 0.1 mi
- Taum Sauk Nature Museum: 12.4 mi
- Powerhouse: 16.7 mi
- Space Museum: 21.5 mi
- Bonne Terre Mine: 21.5 mi
- Mina Sauk Falls: 6.8 mi
- Big Drop: 10.3 mi
- Cats Paw: 10.4 mi
- Johnson Shut-Ins: 12.2 mi
- Wolf Pen Hollow Waterfall: 21.0 mi
- Pim Lake Beach: 15.2 mi
- Monsanto Lake Beach: 15.3 mi
- Chapel Hill Beach: 17.0 mi
- Memorial: 3.6 mi
- Old Time Flea Market: 16.5 mi
- Gruner Ford Access: 14.2 mi
- Bootleg Access: 15.2 mi
- Tip Top Roadside Park: 4.4 mi
- Turkey Creek Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
- Double Arch: 22.6 mi
- Flyleaf: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Fort Davidson. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taum Sauk Mountain | SW 236° | 538 m | 5.9 mi |
| Wildcat Mountain | WSW 240° | 536 m | 7.2 mi |
| Buford Mountain | NNW 333° | 531 m | 6.0 mi |
| Russell Mountain | SW 223° | 524 m | 4.4 mi |
| Proffit Mountain | WSW 246° | 519 m | 8.5 mi |
| Ketcherside Mountain | SSW 193° | 515 m | 6.8 mi |
| Hogan Mountain | SSW 211° | 513 m | 8.0 mi |
| Brown Mountain | NNE 27° | 501 m | 4.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:49 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:27 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:07 | 16:48 |
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 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Farmington, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaOpenStreetMap element way/1254390499
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