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Honey Creek Access

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Honey Creek Access is a nature reserve in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 175 m. High Point stands 288 m to the south-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Pikes Camp Access, a nature reserve 4.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 89 miles off. 119 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Missouri Department of Conservation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates38.49047, -92.23849

119 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 55
  • Rolling Hills Neighborhood Park: 4.3 mi
  • Hough Park: 5.0 mi
  • Green Berry Acres: 5.1 mi
  • Jaycee Park: 5.1 mi
  • McKay Park: 5.3 mi
Nature reserves: 23
Historic sites: 8
  • Soldiers' Memorial Plaza: 6.3 mi
  • Cole County War Memorial: 6.9 mi
  • Lewis and Clark Memorial: 7.1 mi
  • Missouri Veterans Memorial: 7.1 mi
  • Missouri Law Enforcement Memorial: 7.2 mi
Peaks: 7
  • Grapevine Hill: 14.2 mi
  • Lost Hill: 14.6 mi
  • High Point Hill: 15.1 mi
  • Thompson Hill: 15.9 mi
  • Buck Knob: 19.2 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Attractions: 5
  • Missouri Governor's Mansion Tours: 7.1 mi
  • Missouri State Penitentiary Tours: 7.1 mi
  • Cote Sans Dessin: 14.8 mi
  • Stark Caverns: 23.9 mi
  • Boathenge: 24.0 mi
Museums: 4
Artworks: 4
  • Sonny Liston Portrait: 7.0 mi
  • Thomas Jefferson: 7.1 mi
  • Fair Mural: 20.3 mi
  • Armed Forces Mural: 20.3 mi
Cliffs: 4
Picnic sites: 2
  • Binder Lake Pavilion & Bait Shop (Seasonal): 8.6 mi
  • The Beach: 23.8 mi
Springs: 1
  • Meyers Spring: 24.2 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High PointSSW 198°288 m21.0 mi
High Point HillSSE 163°279 m15.1 mi
Buck KnobSSW 203°268 m19.2 mi
Thompson HillSSE 167°252 m15.9 mi
House MoundsS 190°241 m22.3 mi
Grapevine HillE 90°232 m14.2 mi
Lost HillS 180°221 m14.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4619:5720:37
September equinox06:5718:3319:08
December solstice07:2416:1016:52

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303545556574787769574535
Precip in2.22.33.24.85.24.24.44.14.23.43.22.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jefferson City WTP, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1227232637

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