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Columbia Bottom Conservation Area

Columbia Bottom Conservation Area from directly overhead

Columbia Bottom Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 128 m. Tucker Knob stands 268 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. Great River Road passes 7.6 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Missouri Department of Conservation
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.81085, -90.15882

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Spanish Lake Park: 2.3 mi
  • Lewis and Clark State Memorial Park: 2.6 mi
  • Larimore Road Park: 2.8 mi
  • Chain of Rocks Park: 3.4 mi
  • Fort Belle Fontaine Park: 3.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Lewis & Clark Expidition: 2.5 mi
  • Wpa Outdoor Living room: 3.3 mi
  • WPA Comfort Station: 3.4 mi
  • 1938 Wpa Shelter House: 3.7 mi
  • Sawmill: 3.9 mi
Museums
  • Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center: 3.1 mi
  • National Great Rivers Museum: 4.2 mi
  • Wood River Museum and Visitor Center: 4.7 mi
  • Wood River Refinery History Museum: 4.9 mi
  • Alton Museum of History and Art: 6.4 mi
Attractions
Artworks
Gardens: 58
  • Nan Elliot Rose Garden: 7.1 mi
  • Baden Community Garden: 8.0 mi
  • Discovery Gardens: 9.5 mi
  • North County Agricultural Education Center: 9.6 mi
  • The Grove: 9.9 mi
Nature reserves: 22
Picnic sites: 20
Peaks: 19
  • Fox Hill: 10.9 mi
  • Monks Mound: 11.6 mi
  • Big Mound (Historical): 11.7 mi
  • Rattlesnake Mound: 12.6 mi
  • Government Hill: 13.9 mi
Springs: 15
  • Bellefontaine Spring: 3.2 mi
  • Oak Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Cabanne Spring: 13.2 mi
  • Burnham Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Headwaters: 15.1 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Vilhauer Bluff: 9.9 mi
  • La Charbonier Bluff: 12.6 mi
  • Old Keller Quary: 18.0 mi
  • Shelter Bluff: 18.8 mi
  • Shelter Bluff: 20.3 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Beaver Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Creek Trek Waterfall: 8.4 mi
  • Deer Lake Riffles: 13.3 mi
  • Wise Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Falls: 17.3 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tucker KnobWNW 302°268 m22.2 mi
McAdams PeakWNW 299°246 m23.7 mi
McCoy HillNW 310°237 m23.8 mi
Clarks MoundSSE 163°196 m16.7 mi
Two Story HillWNW 284°188 m22.3 mi
Fox HillSE 132°182 m10.9 mi
Browns MoundESE 118°174 m15.5 mi
Neudeckers MountainE 94°171 m19.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3819:13
June solstice05:3719:5020:30
September equinox06:4918:2418:59
December solstice07:1616:0116:43

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303544566675787770584535
Precip in2.52.53.54.95.53.43.93.33.42.93.42.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alton - Melvin Price L&D, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/669567154

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