Cape Woods Conservation Area
Cape Woods Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 115 m. Bald Knob stands 314 m to the northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Osage Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Great River Road - Missouri passes 0.4 miles off. 134 named places lie within 25 miles, 40 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Missouri Department of Conservation
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Great River Road - Missouri
- 6.8 mi off the Great River Road, National
134 named places within 25 miles
- Osage Park: 0.2 mi
- Arena Park: 0.8 mi
- Dennis Scivally Park: 1.1 mi
- Groves Park: 1.2 mi
- Choctaw Park: 1.3 mi
- Mount Tabor: 3.3 mi
- Cape Rock: 4.1 mi
- Grassy Knob: 4.8 mi
- Coker Knob: 5.0 mi
- Thompson Hill: 6.4 mi
- Cape Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area: 7.6 mi
- Tywappity Conservation Area: 9.9 mi
- Vancill Hollow Natural Area: 10.6 mi
- Union County State Fish and Wildlife Area: 12.5 mi
- Apple Creek Conservation Area: 16.0 mi
- Grays Point: 8.0 mi
- Ancell: 11.1 mi
- New York: 12.9 mi
- Stroderville: 14.4 mi
- Lovejoy: 14.6 mi
- World’s Largest Fountain Drink Cup: 2.3 mi
- Fort D: 3.3 mi
- (Former site) Terrace Inn: 4.4 mi
- Shawnee Veterans Memorial Wall: 13.9 mi
- Wolf Lake Memorial Garden: 14.3 mi
- Cape River Heritage Museum: 2.8 mi
- Red House Interpretive Center: 3.2 mi
- The Glenn House: 3.2 mi
- Scott City Historical Museum: 7.8 mi
- Historic Thebes Courthouse: 9.4 mi
- Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center: 1.7 mi
- World’s Largest Fountain Drink Cup: 2.3 mi
- Historic Cape Girardeau Bridge: 3.3 mi
- Alto Clay Works: 22.1 mi
- Preachers Eye: 17.4 mi
- Devils Bake Oven: 22.2 mi
- Fountain Bluff: 24.9 mi
- Mississippi River Tales: 3.2 mi
- Missouri Wall of Fame: 3.2 mi
- Truck Parking: 12.8 mi
- Fruitland Rest Area (Southbound): 12.9 mi
- May Greene Garden: 2.9 mi
- Cave Spring: 20.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cape Woods Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | NE 38° | 314 m | 19.9 mi |
| Tiptop Knob | NE 51° | 269 m | 23.5 mi |
| Government Rock | NNE 23° | 250 m | 18.9 mi |
| Grassy Knob | NNE 17° | 242 m | 4.8 mi |
| Grassy Knob | NNE 21° | 241 m | 21.4 mi |
| McGee Hill | NNE 26° | 240 m | 17.1 mi |
| Vick Hill | E 93° | 232 m | 11.6 mi |
| Coker Knob | NE 41° | 228 m | 5.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:36 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:44 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:23 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:04 | 16:45 |
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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/672220696
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