Soldiers Memorial Military Museum
Soldiers Memorial Military Museum is a historic site in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 144 m. Frisco Hill stands 247 m to the southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Loyalty, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic National Road - Illinois passes 1.1 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Soldiers Memorial Military Museum in downtown St. Louis, Missouri is a memorial and military museum, at 1315 Chestnut Street, owned by the City of St. Louis and operated by the Missouri Historical Society. Interior east and west wings contain display cases with military displays and memorabilia from World War I and subsequent American wars. The open-air central breezeway contains a massive black marble cenotaph upon which are engraved the names of all of St. Louis' war dead from the first world war. The building was designed by St. Louis architectural firm Mauran, Russell & Crowell in a stripped Classical style, with a severely simplified form and limited ornament. It was dedicated by Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1936 and officially opened to the public on Memorial Day, 1938. Four monumental sculptural groups representing figures of Loyalty, Vision, Courage and Sacrifice by sculptor Walker Hancock stand, with their horses, on the north and south sides of the building. Other architectural sculpture here was completed by Hillis Arnold.
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Wikidata Q7557360, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1938
- Material
- stone
What to expect
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the Historic National Road - Illinois, National
- 1.8 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 0.7 mi off the Historic Route 66 - MO
- 1.2 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Mississippi River Overlook · 1 mi
- Mounted Binculors · 9 mi
- Mississippi & Missouri River Confluence Point · 14 mi
- 7 Gates of Hell: Gate 1 · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Loyalty: 0.0 mi
- Sacrifice: 0.0 mi
- Courage: 0.0 mi
- Vision: 0.0 mi
- Friedrich Schiller: 0.1 mi
- Eternal Flame: 0.1 mi
- World War II Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Firefighters Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Saint Louis Police Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Freedom Suits Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Eternal Flame Park: 0.1 mi
- Kaufmann Park: 0.1 mi
- Poelker Park: 0.1 mi
- Washington Square Park: 0.1 mi
- Lucas Gardens Park: 0.2 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 0.1 mi
- 11th Street Rain Garden: 0.2 mi
- Rain Garden: 0.3 mi
- Play Garden: 0.5 mi
- Culinary Garden: 0.5 mi
- Campbell House Museum: 0.2 mi
- City Museum: 0.3 mi
- St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame and Museum: 0.5 mi
- National Blues Museum: 0.6 mi
- Old Courthouse: 0.6 mi
- The St. Louis Wheel: 0.5 mi
- Wave Swinger: 0.5 mi
- Flying Louie Pirate Ship: 0.6 mi
- Loco Motion Mini Spinning Coaster: 0.6 mi
- Gateway Arch Riverboats: 1.0 mi
- GHV Terrace Garden: 2.7 mi
- Horseshoe Lake State Park: 7.4 mi
- Bellefontaine Conservation Area: 9.5 mi
- Little Creek Nature Area: 11.1 mi
- Little Creek: 11.2 mi
- Concession Picnic Site: 3.6 mi
- Gus Fogt Picnic Site: 3.7 mi
- Tunica Picnic Site: 3.7 mi
- Gurney Picnic Site: 3.8 mi
- West End Picnic Site: 3.8 mi
- Big Mound (Historical): 1.2 mi
- Government Hill: 4.6 mi
- Art Hill: 5.1 mi
- Rattlesnake Mound: 7.4 mi
- Monks Mound: 7.7 mi
- Headwaters: 3.0 mi
- Cabanne Spring: 3.8 mi
- Caroline Loughlin Fountain: 3.9 mi
- Falling Spring: 6.9 mi
- Webster Retention Pond Seep: 8.2 mi
- Wise Falls: 3.7 mi
- Deer Lake Riffles: 4.3 mi
- Dripping Springs: 16.1 mi
- Beaver Falls: 20.1 mi
- Creek Trek Waterfall: 20.1 mi
- Broadway: 6.8 mi
- Columbia Bottom Conservation Area: 12.6 mi
- Machens: 20.2 mi
- Wilkie: 20.9 mi
- Times Beach: 23.3 mi
- Vilhauer Bluff: 9.9 mi
- La Charbonier Bluff: 16.5 mi
- Gateway Rest Area: 23.9 mi
- Homestead Rest Area - Northbound: 24.8 mi
- Stone Arch: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Soldiers Memorial Military Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frisco Hill | SW 220° | 247 m | 21.8 mi |
| Antire Hill | WSW 248° | 237 m | 20.8 mi |
| Potato Hill | SSW 192° | 218 m | 24.8 mi |
| Clarks Mound | ESE 116° | 196 m | 7.8 mi |
| Turkey Hill | SE 124° | 185 m | 19.6 mi |
| Fox Hill | ENE 63° | 182 m | 11.6 mi |
| Browns Mound | ENE 72° | 174 m | 16.7 mi |
| Berger Hill | E 93° | 171 m | 23.9 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 | 18:25 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:02 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 37 | 47 | 58 | 68 | 77 | 81 | 79 | 72 | 60 | 48 | 37 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Louis SCI CTR, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- St. Louis · 2 mi
- Cahokia · 4 mi
- East St. Louis · 4 mi
- Fairmont City · 6 mi
- Granite City · 6 mi
- Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site · 8 mi
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