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Helen K Wiese Conservation Area

Helen K Wiese Conservation Area from directly overhead

Helen K Wiese Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 197 m. Mound Bogard stands 290 m to the west, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Bosworth River Access, a park 0.9 miles away. Sho-Me Santa Fe Trails passes 22 miles off. 97 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Missouri Department of Conservation

How to reach it

Coordinates39.46172, -93.26532

97 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 49
  • Bosworth River Access: 0.9 mi
  • Bosworth Park: 3.4 mi
  • Corner Park: 3.4 mi
  • Bosworth R-5 Park: 3.6 mi
  • Herring Park: 7.3 mi
Ghost towns: 8
Artworks: 6
  • Maxie, The World's Largest Goose: 13.3 mi
  • American War Mothers Memorial: 21.0 mi
  • Statue of Liberty Replica: 23.9 mi
  • Stone M: 24.3 mi
  • Tiger Statue: 24.3 mi
Peaks: 5
  • Shields Hill: 11.8 mi
  • Stokes Mound: 14.5 mi
  • Mound Bogard: 14.6 mi
  • Round Tater Hill: 15.1 mi
  • Long Tater Hill: 15.5 mi
Museums: 4
  • Carroll County Historical Museum: 13.5 mi
  • General Sterling Price Museum: 17.5 mi
  • Jim the Wonder Dog Museum: 23.8 mi
  • Walt Disney Hometown Museum: 24.4 mi
Historic sites: 4
  • old fountain: 14.4 mi
  • Miniature Statue of Libery: 19.6 mi
  • Wall of Honor: 23.1 mi
  • War Memorial: 24.8 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Santa Fe & Disneyland Railroad #2546: 24.3 mi
  • ATSF Depot: 24.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mound BogardW 272°290 m14.6 mi
Stokes MoundNW 307°277 m14.5 mi
Long Tater HillWNW 290°273 m15.5 mi
Round Tater HillWNW 291°252 m15.1 mi
Shields HillSW 223°241 m11.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:5019:25
June solstice05:4720:0420:44
September equinox07:0118:3619:12
December solstice07:3116:1116:53

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283243546474787668564432
Precip in1.52.02.84.05.55.64.33.93.53.32.41.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brunswick, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1366074939

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