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Little Compton Lake Conservation Area

Little Compton Lake Conservation Area from directly overhead

Little Compton Lake Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 200 m. Mound Bogard stands 290 m to the west-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Yellow Creek Conservation Area, a nature reserve 4.0 miles away. Sho-Me Santa Fe Trails passes 26 miles off. 92 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Missouri Department of Conservation

How to reach it

Coordinates39.54023, -93.28033

92 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 49
  • Bosworth River Access: 4.6 mi
  • Bosworth Park: 5.3 mi
  • Corner Park: 5.5 mi
  • Hale Public Park: 5.7 mi
  • Bosworth R-5 Park: 5.7 mi
Ghost towns: 8
Peaks: 6
  • Stokes Mound: 11.2 mi
  • Round Tater Hill: 13.3 mi
  • Long Tater Hill: 13.7 mi
  • Mound Bogard: 14.7 mi
  • Shields Hill: 15.8 mi
Artworks: 5
  • Maxie, The World's Largest Goose: 8.0 mi
  • American War Mothers Memorial: 15.8 mi
  • Brookfield Pepsi-Cola Mural: 20.1 mi
  • Stone M: 21.4 mi
  • Tiger Statue: 21.5 mi
Museums: 4
  • Carroll County Historical Museum: 16.3 mi
  • General Sterling Price Museum: 19.6 mi
  • Walt Disney Hometown Museum: 21.5 mi
  • Grand River Historical Society Museum: 23.3 mi
Historic sites: 4
  • old fountain: 17.1 mi
  • Wall of Honor: 18.1 mi
  • War Memorial: 20.4 mi
  • Miniature Statue of Libery: 24.7 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Santa Fe & Disneyland Railroad #2546: 21.4 mi
  • ATSF Depot: 21.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mound BogardWSW 250°290 m14.7 mi
Stokes MoundWNW 287°277 m11.2 mi
Long Tater HillW 270°273 m13.7 mi
Shale HillNW 307°267 m24.3 mi
Round Tater HillW 270°252 m13.3 mi
Shields HillSSW 207°241 m15.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:5019:25
June solstice05:4720:0420:45
September equinox07:0118:3619:12
December solstice07:3116:1116:53

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283243546474787668564432
Precip in1.52.02.84.05.55.64.33.93.53.32.41.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brunswick, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1366033694

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