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Bonebrake Center of Nature and History

Bonebrake Center of Nature and History from directly overhead

Bonebrake Center of Nature and History is a museum in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 355 m. Crooked Hill stands 410 m to the east-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Bonebrake, a park 0.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 80 miles off. 127 named places lie within 25 miles, 16 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
The Bonebrake-McMurtrey Foundation. LTD

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates37.64685, -91.53307

127 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 39
  • Bonebrake: 0.1 mi
  • Craig Plaza: 0.2 mi
  • Center Street Park: 0.2 mi
  • Roadside Park: 0.3 mi
  • First Baptist Courtyard: 0.4 mi
Springs: 19
Peaks: 16
  • Ball Hill: 9.4 mi
  • Blue Knob: 10.2 mi
  • Wards Hill: 10.4 mi
  • Tower Hill: 11.7 mi
  • Craig Hill: 14.0 mi
Ghost towns: 12
Historic sites: 9
Attractions: 8
Nature reserves: 6
Museums: 5
Cliffs: 5
Artworks: 4
Picnic sites: 2
Gardens: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Pulltite: 21.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bonebrake Center of Nature and History. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Crooked HillENE 72°410 m14.9 mi
Sullivan HillENE 62°410 m18.9 mi
Red HillESE 122°410 m19.1 mi
Camels HumpENE 58°406 m15.5 mi
Hedley KnobENE 64°404 m18.2 mi
Tower HillSE 128°400 m11.7 mi
Blue KnobN 359°392 m10.2 mi
Bald KnobENE 64°392 m20.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4419:18
June solstice05:4619:5320:32
September equinox06:5518:3019:05
December solstice07:1816:1116:52

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323746566472767568574536
Precip in2.72.84.05.05.64.23.74.34.03.73.92.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salem, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/611686808

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