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Hilliard Access

Hilliard Access from directly overhead

Hilliard Access is a nature reserve in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 104 m. Carson Hill stands 232 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is McLane Park, a park 1.5 miles away. Great River Road - Missouri passes 45 miles off. 75 named places lie within 25 miles, 17 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Missouri Department of Conservation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates36.82173, -90.42256

Overlooks nearby

75 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 23
  • McLane Park: 1.5 mi
  • Bacon Memorial Park: 3.7 mi
  • Ferguson Grove: 4.2 mi
  • Hillcrest Park: 4.6 mi
  • Pet Park: 4.7 mi
Ghost towns: 17
Peaks: 17
  • Butter Shell Hill: 12.5 mi
  • Pinhook Hill: 12.6 mi
  • Gobbler Knob: 14.8 mi
  • Rattlesnake Knob: 16.5 mi
  • Shaw Ridge: 17.7 mi
Cliffs: 7
Museums: 3
  • Poplar Bluff Museum: 4.0 mi
  • Margaret Harwell Art Museum: 4.6 mi
  • Ellsinore Pioneer Museum: 19.6 mi
Attractions: 2
Springs: 1
  • Markham Spring: 14.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carson HillNW 315°232 m20.1 mi
Pinhook HillW 272°229 m12.6 mi
Bunkers KnobNW 315°228 m17.8 mi
Childers HillNNE 24°213 m18.1 mi
Flynn HillN 360°178 m19.8 mi
Hodge HillENE 69°154 m21.5 mi
Rock KnobENE 67°145 m22.4 mi
Lone HillN 354°141 m21.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:4019:14
June solstice05:4419:4620:25
September equinox06:5018:2619:00
December solstice07:1216:0916:50

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353949596877817972604838
Precip in3.53.64.85.95.44.34.73.63.34.14.84.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Poplar Bluff, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1509705177

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