Flag Spring Conservation Area
Flag Spring Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 429 m. Whitney Mountain stands 552 m to the south-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Washburn Tower Site State Public Hunting Grounds, a park 3.1 miles away. Sugar Camp Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off. 45 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Missouri Department of Conservation
How to reach it
- 10.9 mi off the Sugar Camp Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Washburn Tower Site State Public Hunting Grounds: 3.1 mi
- Washburn ballpark: 5.3 mi
- Washburn Track: 5.5 mi
- Washburn Playground: 5.5 mi
- City Hall Park: 9.6 mi
- Bike Art (and more): 13.0 mi
- Green Bike Tower: 16.5 mi
- Barn Dance: 17.2 mi
- Oz Rhino: 17.3 mi
- Sassy: 18.0 mi
- Oakleigh Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Eggleston Mountain: 6.1 mi
- Lennox Mountain: 7.5 mi
- Ford Mountain: 8.4 mi
- Reed Mountain: 8.6 mi
- Barry County Museum: 11.1 mi
- Bella Vista Historical Museum: 15.3 mi
- Scott Family Amazeum: 18.4 mi
- Bentonville History Museum office: 19.5 mi
- The Peel Mansion Museum & Heritage Gardens: 19.7 mi
- Bee Bluff: 8.0 mi
- White Rock Bluff: 14.2 mi
- Salts Bluff: 16.3 mi
- Clemens Bluff: 16.8 mi
- Crane Roost Bluff: 17.7 mi
- Reunited Soldiery Monument: 11.5 mi
- Confederate Monument: 11.5 mi
- Clemens House site: 11.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 16.2 mi
- Founding of Benton County: 18.3 mi
- Powell Towersite: 9.3 mi
- John Baumgardt Memorial Conservation Area: 14.3 mi
- Huckleberry Ridge Conservation Area: 14.9 mi
- Deep Ford Access: 16.8 mi
- Searles Prairie: 18.8 mi
- Roaring River Spring: 12.1 mi
- Gibson Spring: 19.8 mi
- Hilton Spring: 20.0 mi
- Grotto Spring: 22.4 mi
- McMahan Spring: 22.4 mi
- Pa's Posey Patch: 10.0 mi
- Buckingham Garden: 14.2 mi
- Compton Gardens: 18.9 mi
- The Grove: 19.7 mi
- Rogers Historial Museum Gardens: 20.2 mi
- Beebe's Roaring River Waterslide: 11.7 mi
- KCS Anderson Depot: 22.1 mi
- Aviation Cadet World: 23.5 mi
- Sky Zone: 24.3 mi
- Kansas CIty Southern RR Noel Depot: 24.8 mi
- Hailey: 20.0 mi
- Gaskins: 20.7 mi
- Roark: 21.5 mi
- Monark Springs: 21.7 mi
- Monte Ne: 22.9 mi
- short term/exstended trucker parking bathroom during busness hours: 8.9 mi
- Natural Bridge: 14.8 mi
- Tanyard Creek Falls: 15.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Flag Spring Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitney Mountain | SSE 154° | 552 m | 16.6 mi |
| Pond Mountain | SE 137° | 542 m | 24.0 mi |
| Rich Mountain | SSE 154° | 535 m | 14.9 mi |
| Devils Eye Brow | SSE 152° | 525 m | 11.9 mi |
| Trimble Mountain | SE 146° | 524 m | 13.4 mi |
| Grindstone Mountain | SE 137° | 524 m | 23.3 mi |
| Humphery Mountain | SSE 160° | 522 m | 15.1 mi |
| Pond Mountain | SSE 158° | 522 m | 15.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 20:00 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:24 | 17:05 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 40 | 47 | 57 | 65 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 38 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 6.2 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Washburn 5 W, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1482611422
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