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Cedar Grove Conservation Area

Cedar Grove Conservation Area from directly overhead

Cedar Grove Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 339 m. Red Hill stands 410 m to the east-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Cedargrove, a ghost town 1.2 miles away. Great River Road passes 91 miles off. 116 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Missouri Department of Conservation

How to reach it

Coordinates37.42895, -91.58967

116 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 29
  • Schafer Spring: 2.4 mi
  • Montauk Springs: 5.6 mi
  • Cave Spring: 6.9 mi
  • Pulltite Spring: 8.5 mi
  • Watson Spring: 8.5 mi
Parks: 20
Cliffs: 13
Ghost towns: 11
Nature reserves: 9
Historic sites: 8
Peaks: 8
Attractions: 5
Beaches: 4
  • Pulltite: 9.0 mi
  • Beach 3: 23.3 mi
  • Beach 2: 23.4 mi
  • Beach 3: 23.4 mi
Museums: 3
Picnic sites: 2
Natural arches: 2
  • Round Spring Natural Bridge: 14.2 mi
  • Turner Natural Bridge: 21.3 mi
Gardens: 1
Artworks: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cedar Grove Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Red HillENE 76°410 m19.8 mi
Tower HillENE 57°400 m14.7 mi
Tip Top MountainSE 130°377 m20.1 mi
Ball HillNE 48°366 m15.0 mi
Jerktail MountainSE 132°360 m21.4 mi
Wards HillN 358°356 m24.8 mi
Bald KnobESE 111°315 m16.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4419:18
June solstice05:4719:5220:31
September equinox06:5518:3119:05
December solstice07:1816:1216:53

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323746566472767568574536
Precip in2.72.84.05.05.64.23.74.34.03.73.92.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salem, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/667953001

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