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Marshall I. Diggs Conservation Area

Marshall I. Diggs Conservation Area from directly overhead

Marshall I. Diggs Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 236 m. Negro Hill stands 278 m to the south-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Marshall I Diggs State Wildlife Management A, a park 0.4 miles away. Great River Road passes 37 miles off. 73 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Missouri Department of Conservation

How to reach it

Coordinates39.07218, -91.63130

73 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 28
  • Marshall I Diggs State Wildlife Management A: 0.4 mi
  • Colbert Park: 9.3 mi
  • Graham Cave State Park: 11.7 mi
  • Mineola State Wildlife Area: 12.4 mi
  • Vandalia Community Lake: 12.7 mi
Historic sites: 15
  • Heather Brandow Memorial: 14.4 mi
  • Welcome to Mexico Missouri: 14.8 mi
  • Brian C. K. MacFarlane, Purple Leaf Plum Tree: 15.1 mi
  • Frederick Whitcomb Fountain: 15.2 mi
  • The Missouri Exercise Tiger Army & Navy Anchor Memorial: 15.2 mi
Museums: 9
  • Simmons Stables: 15.3 mi
  • Graceland - Audrain County Historical Society, American Saddle Horse Museum: 15.4 mi
  • Audrain County School: 15.4 mi
  • Vandalia Historical Center: 18.1 mi
  • Auto World Museum: 21.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 3
  • Big Spring: 20.2 mi
  • Uncle Sammys Spring: 23.2 mi
  • Parsons Spring: 23.8 mi
Gardens: 2
Attractions: 2
  • Welcome to Mexico MO: 14.8 mi
  • Play Day Farm: 19.9 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Boland Knob: 24.0 mi
  • Negro Hill: 24.0 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Winston Churchill Entrance Statue: 23.2 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Negro HillSSE 155°278 m24.0 mi
Boland KnobSSE 164°273 m24.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4319:19
June solstice05:4219:5620:37
September equinox06:5518:3019:05
December solstice07:2316:0616:48

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283343546473787668564433
Precip in2.02.33.24.75.15.24.43.94.92.82.82.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mexico, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1364868100

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