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Lone Jack Lake Conservation Area

Lone Jack Lake Conservation Area from directly overhead

Lone Jack Lake Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Missouri, at a recorded elevation of 290 m. Miller Hill stands 342 m to the west-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Blue and Gray Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Old Trails Road passes 17 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
290 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Missouri Department of Conservation

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.89567, -94.19883

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Blue and Gray Park: 0.8 mi
  • Lotawana Park: 4.3 mi
  • Southeast Park: 5.0 mi
  • Canterbury Park: 6.4 mi
  • Legacy Park: 6.7 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Dining Bell: 7.6 mi
  • Diamond Mural: 8.8 mi
  • Iron Tumbleweed Statue: 9.1 mi
  • Bag Statue: 9.2 mi
  • Dual Aspirations: 9.2 mi
Attractions
Cliffs
Museums: 38
  • Lone Jack Civil War Museum: 2.5 mi
  • Oak Grove Historic Society: 8.3 mi
  • Blue Springs Historical Society: 9.6 mi
  • Lee's Summit History Museum: 9.7 mi
  • Raytown Historical Society & Museum: 16.4 mi
Gardens: 22
  • Children's Garden: 8.5 mi
  • Butterfly Meadow: 8.6 mi
  • Heartland Harvest Garden: 8.6 mi
  • Fountain Garden: 8.7 mi
  • East Lawn: 8.7 mi
Peaks: 18
  • Rattlesnake Hill: 4.1 mi
  • Minter Hill: 7.5 mi
  • Monkey Mountain: 7.7 mi
  • Sni-A-Bar Point: 8.1 mi
  • Bowler Hill: 10.5 mi
Nature reserves: 13
Ghost towns: 5
Picnic sites: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Swimming Beach: 10.8 mi
Springs: 1
  • Pioneer Spring: 17.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Miller HillWSW 238°342 m14.9 mi
Bowler HillW 267°330 m10.5 mi
Brookhart HillSSW 204°309 m20.3 mi
Kohler HillSSW 196°307 m17.9 mi
Rattlesnake HillNE 36°306 m4.1 mi
Wagon KnobENE 75°305 m13.3 mi
Staley MoundS 180°299 m13.1 mi
Schindorff HillS 187°297 m12.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2118:5419:29
June solstice05:5220:0620:46
September equinox07:0518:4019:16
December solstice07:3316:1716:59

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303445556574787769574434
Precip in1.41.82.94.25.85.34.74.44.43.42.41.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pleasant Hill WFO, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Virginia Springbeauty9 obs
  • Blackhaw8 obs
  • putty root7 obs
  • Jack-in-the-Pulpit6 obs
  • Dutchman's breeches6 obs
  • American germander6 obs
  • narrowleaf mountainmint6 obs
  • roundleaf ragwort6 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/491444738

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