International Fur Exchange
International Fur Exchange is a historic site in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 143 m. Frisco Hill stands 247 m to the southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Dred and Harriet Scott, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic National Road - Illinois passes 0.6 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Commercial building in St. Louis, United States of America.
Wikidata Q85769650, matched on coordinates and name (162 m apart).
What the record says
- Material
- bronze
- Inscription
- This building is one of our few remaining links to St. Louis' fur trade that began with the city's founding in 1764. The International Fur Exchange opened in 1920 and soon boasted "the world's largest raw fur exchange." Here farmers sold furs trapped in
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the Historic National Road - Illinois, National
- 1.1 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 0.6 mi off the Historic Route 66 - MO
- 0.7 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Mississippi River Overlook · 1 mi
- 7 Gates of Hell: Gate 1 · 14 mi
- Mississippi & Missouri River Confluence Point · 14 mi
- 7 Gates of Hell: Gate 2 · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Luther Ely Smith Square: 0.0 mi
- Kiener Plaza: 0.2 mi
- Peabody Plaza: 0.2 mi
- Citygarden: 0.3 mi
- Bank of America Plaza: 0.4 mi
- Old Courthouse: 0.1 mi
- Museum at the Gateway Arch: 0.1 mi
- St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame and Museum: 0.2 mi
- Economy Museum at the St. Louis Fed: 0.2 mi
- The Field House Museum: 0.4 mi
- Dred and Harriet Scott: 0.0 mi
- Corinthian Capital: 0.1 mi
- Ionic Capital: 0.1 mi
- Frankie Muse Freeman: 0.1 mi
- The Runner: 0.1 mi
- Woodland Garden: 0.1 mi
- Play Garden: 0.2 mi
- Rain Garden: 0.4 mi
- 11th Street Rain Garden: 0.5 mi
- Culinary Garden: 0.7 mi
- Phelim O'Toole: 0.1 mi
- Chief Pontiac: 0.1 mi
- Fort San Carlos: 0.1 mi
- Gateway Arch: 0.2 mi
- The Captain's Return: 0.3 mi
- Gateway Arch Riverboats: 0.3 mi
- The St. Louis Wheel: 1.1 mi
- Wave Swinger: 1.1 mi
- Flying Louie Pirate Ship: 1.2 mi
- Loco Motion Mini Spinning Coaster: 1.2 mi
- GHV Terrace Garden: 3.2 mi
- Horseshoe Lake State Park: 7.1 mi
- Bellefontaine Conservation Area: 9.9 mi
- Stemler Cave Woods Nature Preserve: 11.4 mi
- Little Creek Nature Area: 11.6 mi
- Concession Picnic Site: 4.1 mi
- Tunica Picnic Site: 4.2 mi
- Gus Fogt Picnic Site: 4.2 mi
- Gurney Picnic Site: 4.2 mi
- West End Picnic Site: 4.3 mi
- Big Mound (Historical): 1.2 mi
- Government Hill: 5.3 mi
- Art Hill: 5.8 mi
- Rattlesnake Mound: 6.9 mi
- Clarks Mound: 7.1 mi
- Headwaters: 3.4 mi
- Caroline Loughlin Fountain: 4.4 mi
- Cabanne Spring: 4.4 mi
- Falling Spring: 6.6 mi
- Webster Retention Pond Seep: 8.7 mi
- Wise Falls: 4.3 mi
- Deer Lake Riffles: 5.0 mi
- Dripping Springs: 16.8 mi
- Beaver Falls: 20.4 mi
- Creek Trek Waterfall: 20.5 mi
- Broadway: 6.9 mi
- Columbia Bottom Conservation Area: 12.8 mi
- Machens: 20.7 mi
- Wilkie: 21.5 mi
- Times Beach: 23.8 mi
- Gateway Rest Area: 23.2 mi
- Homestead Rest Area - Northbound: 24.5 mi
- Homestead Rest Area - Southbound: 25.0 mi
- Vilhauer Bluff: 10.5 mi
- La Charbonier Bluff: 17.1 mi
- Stone Arch: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of International Fur Exchange. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frisco Hill | SW 221° | 247 m | 22.0 mi |
| Antire Hill | WSW 249° | 237 m | 21.2 mi |
| Potato Hill | SSW 194° | 218 m | 24.6 mi |
| Clarks Mound | ESE 116° | 196 m | 7.1 mi |
| Turkey Hill | SE 124° | 185 m | 18.9 mi |
| Fox Hill | ENE 60° | 182 m | 11.2 mi |
| Browns Mound | ENE 70° | 174 m | 16.2 mi |
| Berger Hill | E 92° | 171 m | 23.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:50 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:02 | 16:43 |
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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12681132887
Day trips start here
- East St. Louis · 3 mi
- St. Louis · 3 mi
- Cahokia · 4 mi
- Fairmont City · 5 mi
- Granite City · 6 mi
- Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site · 7 mi
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