John Baumgardt Memorial Conservation Area
John Baumgardt Memorial Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 452 m. Whitney Mountain stands 552 m to the south-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Natural Bridge, a natural arch 0.6 miles away. Sugar Camp Scenic Byway runs past it.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Missouri Department of Conservation
How to reach it
- On the Sugar Camp Scenic Byway
- 26.5 mi off the Ozark Mountain Highroad
Named places within 25 miles
- Park/Greenway: 5.3 mi
- American Legion Park: 5.5 mi
- Greenway Trail: 5.6 mi
- Cassville City Park: 5.7 mi
- Greenway Trail: 5.7 mi
- Pelican Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Turkey Mountain: 6.4 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 10.1 mi
- Panorama Point: 10.2 mi
- Shell Knob: 11.2 mi
- Steep Bluff: 6.5 mi
- Salts Bluff: 10.0 mi
- Poker Bluff: 10.2 mi
- Inspiration Point: 12.4 mi
- Crane Roost Bluff: 13.0 mi
- Roaring River Spring: 3.0 mi
- Hilton Spring: 13.4 mi
- Grotto Spring: 14.7 mi
- Magnetic Springs: 14.9 mi
- Crescent Spring: 15.0 mi
- Barry County Museum: 4.8 mi
- Sacred Arts Museum: 15.2 mi
- Bible Museum: 15.3 mi
- Holy Land Tour: 15.3 mi
- Eureka Springs Historical Museum: 15.5 mi
- Hailey: 7.8 mi
- Gaskins: 12.4 mi
- Roark: 12.4 mi
- Radical: 20.7 mi
- Winona Springs: 20.7 mi
- Berlin Wall Segment: 15.0 mi
- Christ of the Ozarks: 15.0 mi
- Humpty Dumpty Statue: 15.4 mi
- Art Wall: 15.4 mi
- Bike Art (and more): 24.3 mi
- Pilot Knob Conservation Area: 14.2 mi
- Flag Spring Conservation Area: 14.3 mi
- Powell Towersite: 22.7 mi
- Hobbs State Park Conservation Area: 24.9 mi
- Civil War Healing: 15.4 mi
- Clemens House site: 16.7 mi
- Reunited Soldiery Monument: 17.0 mi
- Confederate Monument: 17.0 mi
- Beebe's Roaring River Waterslide: 3.2 mi
- Aviation Cadet World: 14.1 mi
- Natural Bridge: 0.6 mi
- Pa's Posey Patch: 4.3 mi
- short term/exstended trucker parking bathroom during busness hours: 10.2 mi
- Aunts Creek Beach: 18.6 mi
- Tea Kettle Falls: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.0 miles of John Baumgardt Memorial Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitney Mountain | SSW 205° | 552 m | 16.6 mi |
| Pond Mountain | S 174° | 542 m | 17.9 mi |
| Swain Mountain | S 176° | 540 m | 22.8 mi |
| Rich Mountain | SSW 210° | 535 m | 15.5 mi |
| Brushy Knobs | SE 140° | 531 m | 21.1 mi |
| Brother Knobs | SE 137° | 526 m | 21.5 mi |
| Devils Eye Brow | SW 219° | 525 m | 13.7 mi |
| Trimble Mountain | SSW 211° | 524 m | 13.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:53 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 19:59 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:40 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:23 | 17:04 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 38 | 47 | 55 | 64 | 72 | 77 | 76 | 68 | 58 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 6.2 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cassville, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1482610449
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- Branson · 30 mi
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