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Dalton Bottoms Access

Dalton Bottoms Access from directly overhead

Dalton Bottoms Access is a nature reserve in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 190 m. Shields Hill stands 241 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Cambridge, a ghost town 4.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 92 miles off. 66 named places lie within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Missouri Department of Conservation

How to reach it

Coordinates39.31627, -92.96328

66 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 30
  • Pettigrew Park: 8.3 mi
  • Price Park: 8.3 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial Park: 8.4 mi
  • Maxwell Taylor Memorial Park: 8.5 mi
  • Pocket Park: 8.8 mi
Nature reserves: 17
  • Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Cambridge Bend Unit: 5.7 mi
  • Price Bridge Access: 6.0 mi
  • Lewis Mill Access: 6.8 mi
  • Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Cambridge Bend Unit: 7.0 mi
  • Sterling Price Community Lake: 8.8 mi
Museums: 7
  • General Sterling Price Museum: 8.3 mi
  • Glasgow Community Museum: 8.9 mi
  • Chariton County Historical Museum: 11.4 mi
  • George Caleb Bingham House: 17.0 mi
  • Jim the Wonder Dog Museum: 18.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Historic sites: 3
  • Miniature Statue of Libery: 8.4 mi
  • Arrow Rock Historic Marker: 17.0 mi
  • Franklin: Mother of the Santa Fe Trail: 24.2 mi
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1
  • Big Spring: 17.2 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Statue of Liberty Replica: 17.3 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Epple Memorial Garden: 18.7 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Historical Exhibit: 24.2 mi
Peaks: 1
  • Shields Hill: 24.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dalton Bottoms Access. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shields HillW 274°241 m24.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4919:24
June solstice05:4620:0220:43
September equinox07:0018:3519:11
December solstice07:2916:1016:53

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283243546474777668564333
Precip in1.51.82.84.05.15.54.23.63.73.52.41.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salisbury, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/110577788

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