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Joshua T. Chilton Memorial Access

Joshua T. Chilton Memorial Access from directly overhead

Joshua T. Chilton Memorial Access is a nature reserve in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 190 m. Red Hill stands 410 m to the north-northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Horseshoe Horse, a artwork 0.2 miles away. Great River Road passes 94 miles off. 151 named places lie within 25 miles, 31 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Missouri Department of Conservation

How to reach it

Coordinates37.15214, -91.35441

151 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 45
  • Artisian Well: 1.7 mi
  • Slater Spring: 2.0 mi
  • Fursman Spring: 3.9 mi
  • Munsell Spring: 4.5 mi
  • Munsell Spring: 4.5 mi
Peaks: 31
  • Jerktail Mountain: 5.7 mi
  • Coot Mountain: 5.8 mi
  • Tip Top Mountain: 6.7 mi
  • Shut-In Mountain: 7.0 mi
  • Wildcat Mountain: 7.1 mi
Cliffs: 22
Parks: 21
Ghost towns: 11
Beaches: 4
  • Beach 3: 0.6 mi
  • Beach 2: 0.6 mi
  • Beach 3: 0.7 mi
  • Pulltite: 14.3 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Attractions: 3
Natural arches: 2
  • Round Spring Natural Bridge: 9.5 mi
  • Turner Natural Bridge: 17.5 mi
Artworks: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rocky Falls: 8.9 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Welch Spring Hospital: 20.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Joshua T. Chilton Memorial Access. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Red HillNNE 15°410 m24.7 mi
Stegall MountainESE 121°409 m9.9 mi
Thorny MountainESE 112°405 m10.5 mi
Mule MountainSE 126°403 m8.9 mi
Wildcat MountainENE 70°385 m7.1 mi
Coot MountainENE 76°379 m5.8 mi
Tip Top MountainNNE 22°377 m6.7 mi
Panther HillNE 56°368 m21.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4319:18
June solstice05:4619:5120:30
September equinox06:5418:3019:04
December solstice07:1616:1216:52

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333747576774787769574636
Precip in2.82.94.55.35.64.04.13.83.83.43.93.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eminence 1 NW, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1365069084

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