Lakeside Forest Wilderness Area
Lakeside Forest Wilderness Area is a nature reserve in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 248 m. Brushy Knobs stands 531 m to the southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Lakeside Forest Trails, a picnic site 0.3 miles away. Ozark Mountain Parkway passes 1.7 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Branson
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Ozark Mountain Parkway
- 4.8 mi off the Ozark Mountain Highroad
- 21.1 mi off the Arkansas Scenic 7 Byway
- 21.9 mi off the Glade Top Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Caney Overlook · 28 mi
- Watershed Divide Scenic Vista · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Old School Park: 0.4 mi
- Murphy Park: 0.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial Garden: 0.9 mi
- Sunset Park: 1.0 mi
- Stockstill Park: 1.2 mi
- Table Rock: 3.5 mi
- Chula Vista: 4.4 mi
- Baird Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Sow Coon Mountain: 7.5 mi
- Little Joe Bald: 11.6 mi
- Oasis Bluff: 7.2 mi
- Whiterock Bluff: 8.0 mi
- Red Bluff: 8.6 mi
- Shadow Rock: 9.2 mi
- White Rock Bluff: 9.3 mi
- Grand Country Resort: 0.7 mi
- The Branson Coaster: 0.9 mi
- Ride The Ducks: 1.0 mi
- Chopper Charter Helicopter Tours: 1.6 mi
- Castle of Chaos & Hannah's Maze of Mirrors: 1.6 mi
- Celebrity Car Museum: 0.4 mi
- Auto & Farm Museum: 0.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial Museum: 0.4 mi
- Ralph Foster Museum: 1.2 mi
- History of Fishing Museum: 1.3 mi
- Flag: 3.0 mi
- Melva: 4.5 mi
- Cedar Valley: 7.0 mi
- Radical: 9.6 mi
- McFarland: 10.2 mi
- White River Balds Natural Area: 3.3 mi
- Ruth and Paul Henning Conservation Area: 3.4 mi
- Shepherd of the Hills Fish Hatchery: 4.0 mi
- Drury Conservation Area: 11.0 mi
- Mincy Conservation Area: 12.0 mi
- Lest We Forget 9/11 Memorial: 1.5 mi
- The Missouri Gold Star Families Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Veteran's Grove: 1.6 mi
- Ozark Medieval Fortress: 17.3 mi
- Ruins - Log Cabin / Barn: 20.3 mi
- Rock Spring: 17.4 mi
- Cash Spring: 21.1 mi
- Brown Spring: 23.1 mi
- Carney Spring: 23.8 mi
- Gum Spring: 24.9 mi
- Moonshine Beach: 3.9 mi
- Don's Island: 4.9 mi
- Aunts Creek Beach: 12.2 mi
- Lakeside Forest Trails: 0.3 mi
- StoneBridge Pavilion: 6.2 mi
- Scripture Garden: 1.2 mi
- The Falls: 17.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lakeside Forest Wilderness Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brushy Knobs | SW 224° | 531 m | 24.0 mi |
| Brother Knobs | SW 223° | 526 m | 23.1 mi |
| Wilkins Mountain | SW 221° | 512 m | 23.2 mi |
| Fort Mountain | SW 219° | 509 m | 23.9 mi |
| Pinnacle | SSW 206° | 503 m | 24.8 mi |
| Indigo Knob | SW 223° | 484 m | 24.6 mi |
| Saunders Heights | SW 225° | 481 m | 24.6 mi |
| Sister Knob | SW 225° | 476 m | 24.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 19:57 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:21 | 17:01 |
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 | 35 | 39 | 48 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 78 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.9 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Branson AP, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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