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Fort Crowder Conservation Area

Fort Crowder Conservation Area from directly overhead

Fort Crowder Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 363 m. High Point stands 385 m to the south-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Gibson Spring, a spring 1.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 - MO passes 20 miles off. 139 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Missouri Department of Conservation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates36.82417, -94.31611

139 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 57
  • Neosho Soccer Park: 3.8 mi
  • Morse Park: 4.0 mi
  • Morse Park: 4.1 mi
  • Big Spring Park: 4.4 mi
  • Morse Park North: 4.9 mi
Nature reserves: 22
Historic sites: 14
Museums: 9
  • Longwell Museum: 2.9 mi
  • Newton County Historical Museum: 4.3 mi
  • Harold Bell Wright/Pierce City Museum: 19.3 mi
  • Samuel J. Butcher Museum: 20.0 mi
  • Dorothea B. Hoover Historical Museum: 22.3 mi
Peaks: 8
  • Coal Mine Hill: 6.4 mi
  • Holloway Mountain: 10.8 mi
  • Tatum Hill: 13.7 mi
  • Pine Hill: 15.3 mi
  • High Point: 17.0 mi
Artworks: 5
Attractions: 5
  • KCS Anderson Depot: 14.0 mi
  • The house of Bonnie and Clyde: 19.2 mi
  • Tristate Marker: 20.6 mi
  • Schifferdecker home: 21.4 mi
  • Kansas CIty Southern RR Noel Depot: 21.5 mi
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 3
Springs: 2
  • Gibson Spring: 1.1 mi
  • McMahan Spring: 2.2 mi
Gardens: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Joplin Rest Area (Eastbound): 19.3 mi
  • Truck Parking: 19.4 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Bunker: 19.9 mi
  • bunker: 19.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High PointSSE 164°385 m17.0 mi
Pine HillS 180°373 m15.3 mi
Coal Mine HillSSE 169°367 m6.4 mi
Holloway MountainSSW 210°367 m10.8 mi
Tatum HillSW 217°356 m13.7 mi
Polk MountainS 178°351 m18.2 mi
Bobs KnobS 177°337 m19.7 mi
Tatter KnobS 176°316 m21.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2218:5519:29
June solstice05:5920:0220:40
September equinox07:0618:4219:16
December solstice07:2716:2517:05

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F364049586776807971604939
Precip in2.62.43.75.36.75.74.23.75.04.13.72.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Neosho, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1482613233

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