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Charlie Heath Memorial Conservation Area

Charlie Heath Memorial Conservation Area from directly overhead

Charlie Heath Memorial Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Missouri, at a recorded elevation of 187 m. Spillman Mound stands 222 m to the southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Fox River Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 3.9 miles away. Historic Hills Scenic Byway passes 6.7 miles off. 76 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
187 m

What to expect

Operated by
MIssouri Department of Conservation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.57253, -91.87451

76 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 32
  • Indian Lake Park: 7.6 mi
  • Battle of Athens State Historic Site: 8.9 mi
  • Bonaparte City Park: 9.4 mi
  • Croton Civil War Memorial Park: 9.5 mi
  • Bentonsport Riverside Park: 10.6 mi
Nature reserves: 28
  • Fox River Wildlife Management Area: 3.9 mi
  • White Timber: 6.9 mi
  • Fox Valley Lake Conservation Area: 7.7 mi
  • Fox Valley Lake Conservation Area: 8.0 mi
  • Fox Valley Lake Conservation Area: 8.1 mi
Museums: 7
  • Pioneer Historical Museum: 8.4 mi
  • Heritage House: 16.6 mi
  • Wiggins Family Museum: 17.4 mi
  • Boyer House Museum: 17.5 mi
  • Downing House Museum: 17.5 mi
Historic sites: 3
  • Gorin Schoolhouse Bell: 17.5 mi
  • Barnette Statue: 17.5 mi
  • West Point Freedom Rock: 24.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Peaks: 2
  • Bryan Hill: 13.7 mi
  • Spillman Mound: 23.6 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Sunrise Mural: 17.3 mi
  • Pheasant Aircraft Mural: 17.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spillman MoundSW 223°222 m23.6 mi
Bryan HillE 99°202 m13.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4419:20
June solstice05:3820:0120:42
September equinox06:5618:3019:06
December solstice07:2816:0116:44

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232739516271757365533928
Precip in1.52.12.43.65.75.34.53.63.73.02.32.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Keosauqua, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1413968718

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