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Audubon Trails Nature Center

Audubon Trails Nature Center from directly overhead

Audubon Trails Nature Center is a nature reserve in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 318 m. Blue Knob stands 392 m to the southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Jesus Statue, a artwork 0.4 miles away. Historic Route 66 - MO passes 0.4 miles off. 141 named places lie within 25 miles, 12 of them named summits.

What to expect

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How to reach it

Coordinates37.96290, -91.77848

141 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 44
Springs: 15
  • Bray Spring: 4.1 mi
  • Gollahon Spring: 4.3 mi
  • Clifty Spring: 11.4 mi
  • Wilkins Spring: 12.3 mi
  • PineySpring: 12.9 mi
Ghost towns: 14
Cliffs: 12
Peaks: 12
  • Pilot Knob: 5.8 mi
  • Pilot Knob: 10.1 mi
  • Indian House Mounds: 13.9 mi
  • Wards Hill: 15.4 mi
  • Blue Knob: 17.6 mi
Attractions: 10
  • Jack Carney Puck and Plaza: 0.7 mi
  • 563: 0.8 mi
  • 1501: 0.8 mi
  • Rt 66 Museum of Phelps Co., - Mule Trading Post: 3.2 mi
  • Sugar Tree Outer Road, Dead Ends: 8.8 mi
Museums: 8
Nature reserves: 7
Artworks: 6
Historic sites: 6
  • Missouri S&T Stonehenge: 0.5 mi
  • Rolla Inn: 1.4 mi
  • Trail of Tears Memorial: 11.6 mi
  • Dr. Martin Hart Plaque: 23.8 mi
  • Jeanie B. Weaver Dialysis Unit: 23.8 mi
Gardens: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Truck Parking: 7.2 mi
  • Truck Parking: 7.3 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Natural Bridge: 11.1 mi
  • Clifty Creek Natural Bridge: 11.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Point Picnic Area: 13.2 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue KnobSE 131°392 m17.6 mi
Pilot KnobS 186°372 m10.1 mi
Wards HillSE 142°356 m15.4 mi
Craig HillESE 115°329 m21.7 mi
Indian House MoundsN 360°328 m13.9 mi
Lost MountainESE 113°317 m20.3 mi
Pilot KnobNNW 344°286 m5.8 mi
House MoundsNNW 334°250 m19.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:19
June solstice05:4619:5420:34
September equinox06:5618:3119:06
December solstice07:2016:1116:52

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323645566674797870584636
Precip in2.72.54.14.95.54.44.74.54.03.33.92.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rolla Missouri S&T, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/677702657

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