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Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Cranberry Bend Unit

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Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Cranberry Bend Unit is a nature reserve in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 205 m. Mound Bogard stands 290 m to the north, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is General Joe Shelby Park, a park 2.8 miles away. Sho-Me Santa Fe Trails passes 3.0 miles off. 91 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
United States Fish and Wildlife Service

How to reach it

Coordinates39.24188, -93.48594

91 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 46
  • General Joe Shelby Park: 2.8 mi
  • Waverly Memorial Park: 3.3 mi
  • Buckland Roadside Park: 4.4 mi
  • Walnut hills park: 8.0 mi
  • Comminity park: 8.0 mi
Nature reserves: 16
Historic sites: 9
Ghost towns: 6
Peaks: 6
  • Shields Hill: 7.6 mi
  • Mound Bogard: 15.8 mi
  • Coppers Hill: 20.3 mi
  • Round Tater Hill: 20.7 mi
  • Long Tater Hill: 20.8 mi
Museums: 3
  • Carroll County Historical Museum: 8.5 mi
  • Jim the Wonder Dog Museum: 17.5 mi
  • Nicolas-Beazley Aviation Museum / Martin Community Center: 18.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Concordia Rest Area Westbound: 17.9 mi
  • Concordia Rest Area Eastbound: 18.0 mi
Artworks: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Mayview Community Garden: 22.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mound BogardN 350°290 m15.8 mi
Stokes MoundN 1°277 m23.9 mi
Long Tater HillN 352°273 m20.8 mi
Round Tater HillN 353°252 m20.7 mi
Shields HillNNE 30°241 m7.6 mi
Coppers HillSSE 160°220 m20.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:5119:26
June solstice05:4820:0420:44
September equinox07:0218:3719:13
December solstice07:3116:1216:55

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, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1035186015

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