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Gallatin Conservation Area

Gallatin Conservation Area from directly overhead

Gallatin Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 265 m. Needmore Hill stands 286 m to the south-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Holmes Bend Access, a nature reserve 3.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 201 miles off. 58 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Missouri Department of Conservation

How to reach it

Coordinates39.84584, -93.92011

58 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 29
  • Playground: 7.8 mi
  • J.C. Penney Boyhood Home: 8.2 mi
  • Hamilton City Lake: 9.3 mi
  • Jamesport City Park: 10.7 mi
  • Maurice L. Robison Memorial Park: 15.8 mi
Museums: 6
  • Missouri Quilt Museum: 8.0 mi
  • J.C. Penney Museum: 8.1 mi
  • Old School of Cameron: 18.4 mi
  • Grand River Historical Society Museum: 19.5 mi
  • Grundy County Museum: 22.6 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Historic sites: 3
  • Lyman and Harriet Wight Home Site: 9.4 mi
  • Far West Temple Site: 16.4 mi
  • War Memorial: 18.9 mi
Beaches: 2
Peaks: 2
  • Shale Hill: 16.0 mi
  • Needmore Hill: 17.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Trenton Community Garden: 23.2 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Needmore HillSSW 210°286 m17.9 mi
Shale HillESE 114°267 m16.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5219:28
June solstice05:4820:0820:48
September equinox07:0418:3919:15
December solstice07:3416:1216:55

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F253041526272767466544029
Precip in1.41.82.53.65.65.64.44.24.53.32.01.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gallatin 1W, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1367368098

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