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Pond Stone

Pond Stone from directly overhead

Pond Stone is a historic site in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 244 m. Tavern Rock stands 272 m to the west-northwest, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Pond School Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Historic Route 66 - MO runs past it. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

Unincorporated community in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States

Wikidata Q107095444, matched on coordinates and name (41 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Built
1923
Material
stone
Inscription
This stone erected by the St. Louis Cycling Club 1923, To Preserve upon the highway the memory of an ardent cyclist William M. Butler, educator, traveler, and nature lover, whose associations with this spot were always congenial and distinctive.
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.58064, -90.65620

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Old Pond School Park: 0.5 mi
  • Rockwoods Reservation: 1.2 mi
  • Village Green: 1.2 mi
  • Green Pines Park: 1.4 mi
  • Green Pines Park: 1.4 mi
Historic sites
  • Old dam: 2.9 mi
  • Hotel Ruins: 4.3 mi
  • Smith's Hill Stone: 5.3 mi
  • Old Foundation: 5.3 mi
  • Castle Ruins: 6.3 mi
Attractions
Artworks
Museums: 53
  • Wildwood History Museum: 3.6 mi
  • Myseum: 8.1 mi
  • Morton J. May Foundation Gallery: 9.2 mi
  • The American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog: 9.4 mi
  • Lindburg Automobile Center: 10.4 mi
Gardens: 44
Nature reserves: 25
Peaks: 23
  • High Point St. Louis County: 4.1 mi
  • Tavern Rock: 5.5 mi
  • Bald Hill: 6.7 mi
  • Antire Hill: 7.2 mi
  • Lost Hill: 7.6 mi
Picnic sites: 22
Springs: 19
  • Rockwood Spring: 1.4 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 3.3 mi
  • Zombie Road Spring: 3.4 mi
  • Babler Spring: 4.0 mi
  • Sontags Spring: 5.1 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Beaches: 5
  • Twimsberg Beach: 23.2 mi
  • Wunderblick Beach: 23.2 mi
  • Seebach Beach: 23.5 mi
  • Geneva Beach: 23.7 mi
  • Lionshead Beach: 23.8 mi
Cliffs: 4
  • Climbing Area: 0.9 mi
  • Shelter bluff: 1.3 mi
  • Vilhauer Bluff: 21.3 mi
  • La Charbonier Bluff: 21.6 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Dripping Springs: 13.1 mi
  • Deer Lake Riffles: 20.8 mi
  • Wise Falls: 21.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tavern RockWNW 288°272 m5.5 mi
Chinkapin HillS 188°262 m13.2 mi
Herman's HilltopS 187°248 m13.0 mi
North LaBarque HillS 191°247 m13.2 mi
Frisco HillSE 141°247 m17.3 mi
South LaBarque HillSSW 191°244 m13.3 mi
Antire HillSE 130°237 m7.2 mi
Autumn HillWSW 245°217 m22.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4019:15
June solstice05:3919:5120:31
September equinox06:5118:2619:01
December solstice07:1716:0416:45

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323646566675797769574536
Precip in2.42.03.54.64.64.33.33.43.03.13.32.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Louis Spirit OF ST Louis AP, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7717974799

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