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Lamberson Memorial Conservation Area

Lamberson Memorial Conservation Area from directly overhead

Lamberson Memorial Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 426 m. Mary Gray Hill stands 502 m to the southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Rail, a ghost town 4.3 miles away. Great River Road passes 124 miles off. 71 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Missouri Department of Conservation

How to reach it

Coordinates37.33218, -92.23876

71 named places within 25 miles

Ghost towns: 20
Parks: 11
  • Wilber Allen Memorial State Wildlife Area: 10.0 mi
  • Larson State Wildlife Management Area: 12.1 mi
  • Ina Crandall Children's Park: 13.5 mi
  • Alumni Memorial Park: 13.8 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 14.0 mi
Springs: 10
  • Dripping Spring: 12.4 mi
  • Dripping Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Mineral Spring: 15.3 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 16.3 mi
  • Hazelton Spring: 17.8 mi
Peaks: 5
  • Lead Hill: 13.8 mi
  • Bald Knob Mountain: 15.2 mi
  • Mary Gray Hill: 19.8 mi
  • Cabbage Head: 22.1 mi
  • Pleasant Knob: 24.7 mi
Historic sites: 5
  • Doug Jones Grave: 24.3 mi
  • Rose Wilder's Grave: 24.3 mi
  • Laura Ingalls Wilder Grave: 24.3 mi
  • Giant Buffalo: 24.3 mi
  • Carl Memorial: 24.5 mi
Cliffs: 4
Museums: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Paddy Creek Natural Arch: 18.9 mi
Attractions: 1
  • White Hart Renaissance Fair: 24.5 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Laura Ingals Wilder Statue: 24.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mary Gray HillSW 218°502 m19.8 mi
Lead HillS 170°495 m13.8 mi
Pleasant KnobWSW 249°495 m24.7 mi
Bald Knob MountainS 182°434 m15.2 mi
Cabbage HeadNNE 29°332 m22.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4719:21
June solstice05:4919:5520:34
September equinox06:5718:3319:08
December solstice07:2016:1516:55

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323645556472777668574536
Precip in2.82.74.15.15.43.94.53.44.03.33.92.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MTN Grove 2 N, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1374808445

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