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Chapel View Prairie Conservation Area

Chapel View Prairie Conservation Area from directly overhead

Chapel View Prairie Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 247 m. Long Mound stands 300 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Cooper Creek Public Use Area, a park 6.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 97 miles off. 97 named places lie within 25 miles, 24 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Missouri Department of Conservation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates38.21950, -93.85411

97 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 30
  • Cooper Creek Public Use Area: 6.3 mi
  • Brownington State Wildlife Area: 6.4 mi
  • Sparrowfoot Public Use Area: 8.7 mi
  • Dave Rock Natural Area: 9.7 mi
  • Clinton Soccer Complex: 10.0 mi
Peaks: 24
  • The Mound: 6.6 mi
  • Underwood Hill: 10.0 mi
  • Grass Hill: 10.3 mi
  • Robins Hill: 10.4 mi
  • Hagen Hill: 11.2 mi
Cliffs: 18
Ghost towns: 11
Historic sites: 6
  • War Memorial: 11.2 mi
  • Kirkland's Cabin: 17.6 mi
  • Eagle Spirit: 18.0 mi
  • Piercing Arrow: 18.0 mi
  • KIrkland’s Fishing Cabin: 18.3 mi
Nature reserves: 5
Artworks: 2
  • A Friend: 18.2 mi
  • Statue of Liberty: 18.5 mi
Museums: 1
  • Henry County Museum: 11.2 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Long MoundWNW 289°300 m24.1 mi
Round MoundWNW 290°295 m23.0 mi
Spangler HillS 172°293 m21.1 mi
Mayes HillS 178°291 m23.3 mi
Marland HillS 170°284 m24.1 mi
Reader HillS 177°283 m15.2 mi
Blue MoundSW 233°282 m24.5 mi
Oyer HillS 185°278 m18.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5319:28
June solstice05:5320:0320:43
September equinox07:0418:3919:14
December solstice07:2916:1816:59

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313545556574787769574535
Precip in1.61.73.24.65.94.74.54.14.33.33.22.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Appleton City, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/1294613693

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