Shelley House
Shelley House is a museum in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 152 m. Frisco Hill stands 247 m to the south-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is W. C. Handy Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Historic Route 66 - MO passes 2.7 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
historic house in St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Wikidata Q7493788, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the Historic Route 66 - MO
- 4.4 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 4.4 mi off the Historic National Road - Illinois, National
- 3.7 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Mississippi River Overlook · 5 mi
- Mounted Binculors · 7 mi
- Mississippi & Missouri River Confluence Point · 12 mi
- Blind · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- W. C. Handy Park: 0.4 mi
- Eugene "Tink" Bradley Park: 0.5 mi
- Tandy Park: 0.6 mi
- Daisy Park: 0.7 mi
- Beckett Park: 0.9 mi
- Still Standing: 0.9 mi
- A Seat at the Table: 1.1 mi
- Martin Luther King, Jr.: 1.2 mi
- Welcome to the Garden of Love: 1.2 mi
- Reframing Narratives: 1.4 mi
- Evans Avenue Urban Farm: 1.1 mi
- Bustani Ya Upenda: 1.2 mi
- Jeffvanderlou Rain Garden: 1.4 mi
- Grandel Center for Urban Agriculture: 1.9 mi
- Boyle Laclede Community Garden: 2.0 mi
- World Chess Hall of Fame: 1.8 mi
- Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis: 1.9 mi
- Pulitzer Arts Foundation: 1.9 mi
- Saint Louis University Museum of Art: 2.1 mi
- The Griot Museum of Black History: 2.2 mi
- Joseph Erlanger House: 1.8 mi
- Frank Preston Blair, Jr. Statue: 2.0 mi
- Henry W. Kiel: 2.0 mi
- Jewish Tercentenary Monument: 2.0 mi
- Virgin Mary: 2.1 mi
- Forest Park Fish Hatchery: 2.2 mi
- Big Muddy Adventures at the Boathouse: 2.9 mi
- World's Fair Pavilion: 3.0 mi
- St. Louis Walk of Fame: 3.2 mi
- The St. Louis Wheel: 3.3 mi
- GHV Terrace Garden: 3.5 mi
- Bellefontaine Conservation Area: 6.7 mi
- Little Creek Nature Area: 7.7 mi
- Little Creek: 7.9 mi
- Horseshoe Lake State Park: 8.7 mi
- Picnic Ground 3: 3.2 mi
- Williams Family Solar Pavilion: 3.3 mi
- Gus Fogt Picnic Site: 4.2 mi
- Concession Picnic Site: 4.2 mi
- West End Picnic Site: 4.3 mi
- Cabanne Spring: 2.3 mi
- Caroline Loughlin Fountain: 4.2 mi
- Headwaters: 4.4 mi
- Webster Retention Pond Seep: 7.6 mi
- Falling Spring: 10.1 mi
- Government Hill: 3.1 mi
- Art Hill: 3.3 mi
- Big Mound (Historical): 3.6 mi
- Monks Mound: 9.9 mi
- Rattlesnake Mound: 9.9 mi
- Vilhauer Bluff: 6.4 mi
- La Charbonier Bluff: 12.9 mi
- Old Keller Quary: 23.0 mi
- Climbing Area: 23.9 mi
- Shelter Bluff: 24.0 mi
- Deer Lake Riffles: 2.5 mi
- Wise Falls: 2.7 mi
- Dripping Springs: 13.0 mi
- Creek Trek Waterfall: 17.5 mi
- Beaver Falls: 17.6 mi
- Broadway: 8.6 mi
- Columbia Bottom Conservation Area: 11.0 mi
- Machens: 17.0 mi
- Wilkie: 17.5 mi
- Times Beach: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Shelley House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frisco Hill | SSW 210° | 247 m | 22.6 mi |
| Antire Hill | WSW 238° | 237 m | 19.8 mi |
| Bald Hill | WSW 239° | 205 m | 24.3 mi |
| Clarks Mound | ESE 123° | 196 m | 11.2 mi |
| Two Story Hill | NW 312° | 188 m | 22.9 mi |
| Turkey Hill | SE 126° | 185 m | 23.1 mi |
| Fox Hill | ENE 78° | 182 m | 13.1 mi |
| Browns Mound | E 82° | 174 m | 18.5 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 | 20:30 |
| 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 88000437OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site- National Register of Historic Places — Shelley House, reference 88000437, listed 04/18/88.
OpenStreetMap element way/761776878
Day trips start here
- St. Louis · 3 mi
- Ferguson · 6 mi
- Granite City · 6 mi
- Cahokia · 7 mi
- East St. Louis · 7 mi
- Fairmont City · 8 mi
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