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Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Baltimore Bottom Unit

Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Baltimore Bottom Unit from directly overhead

Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Baltimore Bottom Unit is a nature reserve in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 206 m. Mound Bogard stands 290 m to the north-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Baltimore Bend Conservation Area, a nature reserve 2.3 miles away. Sho-Me Santa Fe Trails passes 2.4 miles off. 88 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
United States Fish and Wildlife Service

How to reach it

Coordinates39.23106, -93.65252

88 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 47
  • Dover Community Park: 3.4 mi
  • Norborne City Park: 4.9 mi
  • Reunion Park: 5.3 mi
  • Buckland Roadside Park: 6.1 mi
  • Waverly Memorial Park: 6.8 mi
Nature reserves: 12
Historic sites: 8
Ghost towns: 7
Peaks: 7
  • Shields Hill: 14.6 mi
  • Mound Bogard: 17.4 mi
  • Bryant Knob: 20.4 mi
  • Long Tater Hill: 22.2 mi
  • Round Tater Hill: 22.3 mi
Museums: 2
  • Carroll County Historical Museum: 12.9 mi
  • Ray County Museum: 18.2 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Mayview Community Garden: 15.7 mi
  • Gabriella's Garden: 17.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Concordia Rest Area Westbound: 16.7 mi
  • Concordia Rest Area Eastbound: 16.8 mi
Artworks: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Baltimore Bottom Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mound BogardNNE 20°290 m17.4 mi
Bryant KnobWSW 241°275 m20.4 mi
Long Tater HillNNE 16°273 m22.2 mi
Round Tater HillNNE 17°252 m22.3 mi
Rattlesnake HillS 182°247 m23.3 mi
Shields HillENE 60°241 m14.6 mi
Coppers HillSE 139°220 m24.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5119:27
June solstice05:4920:0520:45
September equinox07:0318:3819:13
December solstice07:3116:1316:56

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293344546574787669574434
Precip in1.41.82.83.85.35.04.84.24.23.12.51.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waverly, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1035202171

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