Saint Louis Art Museum
Saint Louis Art Museum is a museum in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 165 m. Tavern Rock stands 272 m to the west, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Art Hill, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 - MO passes 1.2 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Saint Louis Art Museum (SLAM) is an art museum located in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. With paintings, sculptures, cultural objects, and ancient masterpieces from around the world, its three-story building stands in Forest Park in St. Louis, Missouri, where it is visited by up to a half million people every year. Admission is free through a subsidy from the cultural tax district for St. Louis City and County. In addition to the featured exhibitions, the museum offers rotating exhibitions and installations. These include the Currents series, which features contemporary artists, as well as regular exhibitions of new media art and works on paper.
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Dates from 1909.
Wikidata Q1760539, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1879
What to expect
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the Historic Route 66 - MO
- 6.3 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 6.3 mi off the Historic National Road - Illinois, National
- 6.8 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Mississippi River Overlook · 7 mi
- Mounted Binculors · 11 mi
- Elk Hollow · 15 mi
- Mississippi & Missouri River Confluence Point · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Apotheosis of Saint Louis: 0.0 mi
- Untitled: 0.0 mi
- Two-Piece Reclining Figure No. 2: 0.1 mi
- The Mountain: 0.1 mi
- Two-Piece Reclining Figure No. 1: 0.1 mi
- Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Edward Bates: 0.2 mi
- John F. Kennedy Memorial Forest Marker: 0.4 mi
- John F. Kennedy Memorial Forest Marker: 0.5 mi
- Musicians Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Wildlife Conservation School: 0.3 mi
- Big Muddy Adventures at the Boathouse: 0.5 mi
- World's Fair Pavilion: 0.5 mi
- St. Louis Walk of Fame: 1.2 mi
- Forest Park Fish Hatchery: 1.2 mi
- Flowerbed: 0.4 mi
- Hi-Pointe Neighborhood Garden: 0.7 mi
- Jewel Box: 0.8 mi
- Elizabeth Danforth Butterfly Garden: 1.0 mi
- Burning Kumquat: 1.0 mi
- Saint Louis Zoo Annex: 0.7 mi
- Pagoda Circle: 0.7 mi
- Dogtown Veteran's Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
- DeMun Park: 0.8 mi
- Concordia Park: 0.8 mi
- Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum: 0.7 mi
- HealthWorks! Kids' Museum St. Louis: 1.4 mi
- Saint Louis Science Center: 1.5 mi
- Saint Louis Science Center: 1.5 mi
- World Chess Hall of Fame: 1.8 mi
- GHV Terrace Garden: 3.0 mi
- Bellefontaine Conservation Area: 9.1 mi
- Little Creek Nature Area: 9.2 mi
- Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center: 9.2 mi
- Little Creek: 9.4 mi
- Williams Family Solar Pavilion: 0.4 mi
- Picnic Ground 3: 0.7 mi
- Gus Fogt Picnic Site: 2.7 mi
- Picnic Pad 2: 2.8 mi
- Picnic Pad 4: 2.8 mi
- Art Hill: 0.0 mi
- Government Hill: 0.5 mi
- Big Mound (Historical): 5.8 mi
- Oklahoma Hill: 10.7 mi
- Rattlesnake Mound: 12.5 mi
- Cabanne Spring: 1.4 mi
- Caroline Loughlin Fountain: 2.6 mi
- Headwaters: 3.6 mi
- Webster Retention Pond Seep: 4.5 mi
- Falling Spring: 9.7 mi
- Deer Lake Riffles: 0.9 mi
- Wise Falls: 1.5 mi
- Dripping Springs: 11.2 mi
- Creek Trek Waterfall: 19.7 mi
- Beaver Falls: 19.9 mi
- Vilhauer Bluff: 7.0 mi
- La Charbonier Bluff: 13.2 mi
- Climbing Area: 20.8 mi
- Shelter bluff: 21.1 mi
- Old Keller Quary: 23.9 mi
- Broadway: 6.9 mi
- Columbia Bottom Conservation Area: 14.0 mi
- Wilkie: 18.2 mi
- Machens: 18.3 mi
- Times Beach: 18.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Saint Louis Art Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tavern Rock | W 265° | 272 m | 24.9 mi |
| Frisco Hill | SSW 207° | 247 m | 19.6 mi |
| Antire Hill | WSW 238° | 237 m | 16.5 mi |
| Potato Hill | S 180° | 218 m | 24.9 mi |
| Glassberg Hill | WSW 237° | 214 m | 24.7 mi |
| Bald Hill | WSW 240° | 205 m | 21.1 mi |
| Clarks Mound | ESE 109° | 196 m | 12.8 mi |
| Two Story Hill | NW 320° | 188 m | 22.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:50 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 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, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/265978495
Day trips start here
- St. Louis · 3 mi
- Cahokia · 7 mi
- Ferguson · 7 mi
- St. Louis County · 8 mi
- East St. Louis · 9 mi
- Granite City · 9 mi
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