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Daniel Boone Conservation Area

Daniel Boone Conservation Area from directly overhead

Daniel Boone Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 268 m. Kaiser Hill stands 280 m to the south-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Abattis, a ghost town 2.8 miles away. Great River Road passes 48 miles off. 108 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Missouri Department of Conservation

How to reach it

Coordinates38.77678, -91.38995

108 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 40
  • Hermann Platz: 5.5 mi
  • Deutschheim State Historic Site: 5.5 mi
  • Hermann City Park: 6.1 mi
  • Roadside Park: 7.2 mi
  • Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Berger Bend Unit: 7.6 mi
Beaches: 13
  • Kitzbuhl Beach: 16.2 mi
  • Inverness Beach: 17.0 mi
  • Seebrook Beach: 17.2 mi
  • Cedarpass Beach: 17.3 mi
  • Bendorf: 17.7 mi
Nature reserves: 10
Historic sites: 10
  • Veterans Momorial: 13.2 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 13.3 mi
  • Warrior Statue: 13.6 mi
  • Memorial Tree: 13.7 mi
  • Memorial Tree: 13.7 mi
Peaks: 8
Ghost towns: 7
Museums: 5
  • Hermann River Memorial: 5.5 mi
  • Historic Hermann Museum: 5.6 mi
  • USS Aries: 11.4 mi
  • Warren County Museum: 13.2 mi
  • Boone Monument Village: 22.1 mi
Cliffs: 4
Attractions: 4
Artworks: 3
  • Missouri Valley Ice Cream Mural: 5.4 mi
  • Ace of Spades Garden Art: 5.4 mi
  • Hermann: Germania's Liberator: 5.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Wright City Rest Area (Eastbound): 18.4 mi
  • Wright City Rest Area (Westbound): 18.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • Big Spring: 6.0 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Community Garden: 16.2 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kaiser HillSSE 157°280 m13.3 mi
Cave HillSSW 205°280 m22.3 mi
Negro HillWSW 244°278 m3.0 mi
Boland KnobWSW 248°273 m6.8 mi
Bald HillSSE 165°248 m21.6 mi
Pilot KnobsSSW 201°246 m22.1 mi
Roundabout HillE 100°244 m8.6 mi
Enoch KnobSE 135°228 m19.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4319:18
June solstice05:4219:5520:35
September equinox06:5418:2919:04
December solstice07:2116:0616:48

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293444556473777668564434
Precip in2.42.22.64.65.14.53.93.53.53.23.52.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Warrenton 1 N, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/667821311

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