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Baptist Camp Access

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Baptist Camp Access is a nature reserve in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 328 m. Lead Hill stands 495 m to the southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Dripping Spring, a spring 0.9 miles away. Great River Road passes 117 miles off. 78 named places lie within 25 miles, 12 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Missouri Department of Conservation

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How to reach it

Coordinates37.25801, -92.01772

78 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 19
  • Dripping Spring: 0.9 mi
  • Dripping Spring: 0.9 mi
  • Mineral Spring: 7.7 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 14.0 mi
  • Burnett Spring: 15.8 mi
Ghost towns: 17
Parks: 13
  • Emmet Kelly Park: 5.9 mi
  • Larson State Wildlife Management Area: 10.0 mi
  • Alumni Memorial Park: 15.8 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 15.9 mi
  • Ina Crandall Children's Park: 16.1 mi
Peaks: 12
  • Lead Hill: 13.0 mi
  • Bald Knob Mountain: 16.3 mi
  • Queens Mountain: 18.0 mi
  • King Mountain: 18.6 mi
  • Tater Hill: 20.0 mi
Cliffs: 4
Museums: 1
  • Texas County Museum of Art: 18.8 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Paddy Creek Natural Arch: 20.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Baptist Camp Access. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lead HillSW 229°495 m13.0 mi
King MountainSSE 161°463 m18.6 mi
Queens MountainSSE 158°446 m18.0 mi
Blue Buck KnobSSW 194°442 m21.7 mi
Tater HillS 191°438 m20.0 mi
Bald Knob MountainSW 232°434 m16.3 mi
Dyestone MountainSSW 191°424 m21.2 mi
Twin MountainS 190°400 m22.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:20
June solstice05:4919:5420:32
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:1916:1416:55

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333846566573777668574637
Precip in2.72.53.85.05.44.23.84.34.23.54.42.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Houston, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/1308040941

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