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Gruner Ford Access

Gruner Ford Access from directly overhead

Gruner Ford Access is a nature reserve in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 253 m. Brown Mountain stands 501 m to the west-southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Beck Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. Great River Road passes 30 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Missouri Department of Conservation

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.73861, -90.42811
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Beck Mountain: 1.0 mi
  • Tetley Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Gruner Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Rickus Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Barnhouse Hill: 2.9 mi
Parks: 34
  • Engler Park: 1.0 mi
  • Farmington Dog Park: 1.7 mi
  • Veterans Park: 1.8 mi
  • Hager Lake: 1.9 mi
  • Wilson Rozier Park: 2.5 mi
Historic sites: 12
  • Floatation Tank 2: 8.1 mi
  • Floatation Tank 1: 8.1 mi
  • Settling tank: 8.1 mi
  • Primary Filtration tank: 8.2 mi
  • Water Tower: 8.2 mi
Cliffs: 7
Ghost towns: 5
Museums: 4
  • Powerhouse: 8.1 mi
  • Battle of Pilot Knob Museum: 14.1 mi
  • Space Museum: 14.4 mi
  • Bonne Terre Mine: 14.4 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Monsanto Lake Beach: 6.4 mi
  • Pim Lake Beach: 6.8 mi
  • Sunrise Lake Beach: 22.2 mi
Springs: 3
  • White Oak Spring: 9.1 mi
  • La Hae Spring: 12.4 mi
  • Blue Springs: 20.6 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cats Paw: 11.8 mi
  • Big Drop: 11.8 mi
  • Mina Sauk Falls: 21.0 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Old Time Flea Market: 4.7 mi
  • Memorial: 15.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Tip Top Roadside Park: 18.2 mi
  • Bloomsdale Rest Area (Northbound): 22.4 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Double Arch: 8.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Turkey Creek Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Flyleaf: 19.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Gruner Ford Access. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Brown MountainWSW 248°501 m10.1 mi
Stono MountainWSW 258°499 m6.8 mi
Oak MountainWSW 240°496 m12.6 mi
Wolf MountainWSW 246°481 m9.2 mi
Middle MountainWNW 291°469 m8.9 mi
Buck MountainSW 227°464 m7.6 mi
Pine MountainW 263°454 m9.5 mi
Simms MountainWNW 299°451 m8.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3919:14
June solstice05:4119:4820:28
September equinox06:5018:2619:00
December solstice07:1416:0616:47

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333746576674787669574636
Precip in2.62.83.85.35.53.54.33.83.23.34.23.0

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1509703227

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