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Don Robinson State Park

Don Robinson State Park from directly overhead

Don Robinson State Park is a nature reserve in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 211 m. Sandy Hill stands 307 m to the south-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is North LaBarque Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Great River Road passes 26 miles off. 22 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Missouri Department of Natural Resources
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.38956, -90.69850

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
  • Big Foot: 7.7 mi
  • Tornado: 8.6 mi
  • Hook's Lagoon: 8.6 mi
  • Pirate Ship Slides: 8.6 mi
  • Typhoon Twister: 8.6 mi
Artworks: 60
Historic sites: 46
  • Brynes Mill Ruins: 7.1 mi
  • Indian Teepee: 8.6 mi
  • Sod House: 8.6 mi
  • Old dam: 10.6 mi
  • Smith's Hill Stone: 10.7 mi
Museums: 27
  • Wildwood History Museum: 11.0 mi
  • St Clair Historical Museum: 15.6 mi
  • Fenton History Museum: 16.5 mi
  • Mastodon State Historic Site: 17.0 mi
  • Franklin County Historical Socirty Museum: 17.1 mi
Peaks: 22
  • North LaBarque Hill: 0.4 mi
  • South LaBarque Hill: 0.4 mi
  • Chinkapin Hill: 0.4 mi
  • Herman's Hilltop: 0.8 mi
  • Glassberg Hill: 4.0 mi
Nature reserves: 22
Springs: 19
  • Hoene Spring House: 6.1 mi
  • Indian Spring: 6.8 mi
  • Rockwood Spring: 12.0 mi
  • Zombie Road Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Sontags Spring: 13.7 mi
Picnic sites: 10
Cliffs: 7
Gardens: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 2
  • Saint Clair Rest Area (Westbound): 19.5 mi
  • Saint Clair Rest Area (Eastbound): 19.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Don Robinson State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sandy HillSSW 203°307 m19.9 mi
Berry HillSSW 199°293 m19.3 mi
Tavern RockN 349°272 m15.2 mi
Bald HillS 182°266 m21.2 mi
Chinkapin HillENE 79°262 m0.4 mi
Buck KnobSE 124°259 m22.2 mi
Herman's HilltopENE 70°248 m0.8 mi
North LaBarque HillNW 323°247 m0.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4019:15
June solstice05:4019:5120:31
September equinox06:5118:2719:02
December solstice07:1716:0516:46

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333747586775797869584637
Precip in2.72.53.95.04.94.24.73.83.63.33.72.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Union, 17 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • rose vervain62 obs
  • bird's foot violet58 obs
  • Christmas fern45 obs
  • hoary puccoon43 obs
  • Great Spangled Fritillary36 obs
  • Eastern Beebalm35 obs
  • fragrant sumac34 obs
  • common dittany34 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/730849173

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