Apple Creek Conservation Area
Apple Creek Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 146 m. Bald Knob stands 314 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Lovejoy, a ghost town 2.3 miles away. Great River Road - Missouri passes 6.2 miles off. 29 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Missouri Department of Conservation
How to reach it
- 6.2 mi off the Great River Road - Missouri
- 4.7 mi off the Great River Road, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Devil's Backbone Park: 6.3 mi
- Wolf Lake Community Park: 7.5 mi
- Trail of Tears State Park: 7.7 mi
- Holy Boulders: 9.1 mi
- Oakwood Bottoms Greentree Reservoir Interpretive Site: 9.8 mi
- Tricky Hill: 4.9 mi
- Iron Hill: 6.0 mi
- Walker Hill: 6.5 mi
- McGee Hill: 6.9 mi
- Government Rock: 6.9 mi
- Mississippi River Tales: 17.5 mi
- Missouri Wall of Fame: 17.7 mi
- ps: 17.9 mi
- gym: 17.9 mi
- k: 21.4 mi
- La Rue Swamp Nature Preserve: 6.6 mi
- Camp Hutchins: 7.8 mi
- Vancill Hollow Natural Area: 8.0 mi
- Trail of Tears State Forest: 11.8 mi
- Little Grand Canyon: 12.5 mi
- Wolf Lake Memorial Garden: 7.5 mi
- Shawnee Veterans Memorial Wall: 8.7 mi
- Bald Knob Cross of Peace: 11.7 mi
- Alto Pass Area Veterans Memorial: 13.3 mi
- World’s Largest Fountain Drink Cup: 18.3 mi
- Cobden Museum: 16.8 mi
- Cape River Heritage Museum: 17.5 mi
- Red House Interpretive Center: 17.8 mi
- The Glenn House: 17.9 mi
- Perry County Museum: 19.9 mi
- Buttermilk Hill Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
- Bald Knob Picnic Area: 17.9 mi
- Clearview: 18.2 mi
- Shady Cove: 18.3 mi
- Oak Point Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
- Devils Bake Oven: 6.5 mi
- Preachers Eye: 6.5 mi
- Fountain Bluff: 9.1 mi
- Horseshoe Bluff: 11.1 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 12.1 mi
- Alto Clay Works: 13.1 mi
- Pomona Natural Bridge: 13.4 mi
- Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center: 14.8 mi
- ps: 17.7 mi
- ps: 17.8 mi
- May Greene Garden: 17.4 mi
- Student Center Garden: 21.6 mi
- Kumakura Garden: 21.7 mi
- Kaity's Garden: 22.0 mi
- Flyover Public Garden: 22.3 mi
- Truck Parking: 7.6 mi
- Fruitland Rest Area (Southbound): 7.6 mi
- Trail of Tears Rest Area - Southbound: 24.1 mi
- Trail of Tears Rest Area - Northbound: 24.2 mi
- Lovejoy: 2.3 mi
- Brownsville: 17.7 mi
- Grays Point: 22.4 mi
- Cave Spring: 9.4 mi
- Bottoms Spring: 9.7 mi
- Seep: 20.2 mi
- Kinkaid Lake Spillway Falls: 16.3 mi
- Falls-Shelter Bluff: 23.8 mi
- Campground Beach: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Apple Creek Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | E 91° | 314 m | 11.7 mi |
| Tiptop Knob | E 94° | 269 m | 17.8 mi |
| Government Rock | ENE 78° | 250 m | 6.9 mi |
| Grassy Knob | S 176° | 242 m | 11.4 mi |
| Grassy Knob | ENE 61° | 241 m | 8.2 mi |
| McGee Hill | E 95° | 240 m | 6.9 mi |
| Vick Hill | SSE 146° | 232 m | 20.0 mi |
| Coker Knob | SSE 167° | 228 m | 12.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:36 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:45 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:03 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 36 | 46 | 57 | 67 | 76 | 80 | 78 | 70 | 58 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jackson, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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- Cape Girardeau · 17 mi
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