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Marshall Junction Conservation Area

Marshall Junction Conservation Area from directly overhead

Marshall Junction Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Missouri, at a recorded elevation of 196 m. Knobs stands 278 m to the southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is McAllister Springs Access, a nature reserve 4.8 miles away. Sho-Me Santa Fe Trails passes 23 miles off. 86 named places lie within 25 miles, 4 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
196 m

What to expect

Operated by
Missouri Department of Conservation

How to reach it

Coordinates38.94577, -93.25850

86 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 38
  • Granny Howard Park: 6.2 mi
  • Hughesville Park: 7.8 mi
  • Bothwell Lodge State Historical Site: 10.9 mi
  • Peyton Park: 12.4 mi
  • Jim the Wonder Dog Memorial Garden: 12.6 mi
Historic sites: 13
  • City Hospital Memorial: 15.8 mi
  • Firefighter Memorial: 16.3 mi
  • Eternal Flame: 16.6 mi
  • Old Court House Memorial: 16.6 mi
  • War Dogs Memorial: 16.6 mi
Nature reserves: 10
Museums: 7
  • Nicolas-Beazley Aviation Museum / Martin Community Center: 11.0 mi
  • Jim the Wonder Dog Museum: 12.6 mi
  • Mid-Missouri Museum of Independent Telephone Pioneers: 14.6 mi
  • Pettis County Museum: 16.3 mi
  • Daum Museum of Contemporary Art: 17.2 mi
Artworks: 5
  • Statue of Liberty Replica: 13.2 mi
  • Statue of Liberty Replica: 16.5 mi
  • Doughboy Statue: 16.6 mi
  • Northrop B-2 Spirit: 22.2 mi
  • Minuteman: 22.6 mi
Peaks: 4
  • Coppers Hill: 5.5 mi
  • Cooks Knob: 15.3 mi
  • Knobs: 19.6 mi
  • Rattlesnake Hill: 22.1 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Rose Garden: 16.3 mi
  • Community Gardens: 17.5 mi
  • Missouri Department of Transportation Highway Gardens: 17.6 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Concordia Rest Area Eastbound: 17.9 mi
  • Concordia Rest Area Westbound: 18.0 mi
Springs: 1
  • Big Spring: 18.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
KnobsSW 234°278 m19.6 mi
Cooks KnobWSW 249°268 m15.3 mi
Rattlesnake HillW 261°247 m22.1 mi
Coppers HillWNW 285°220 m5.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:5019:25
June solstice05:4920:0320:43
September equinox07:0118:3719:12
December solstice07:2916:1316:55

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283344546574787668564433
Precip in1.52.02.94.45.54.45.54.44.03.42.62.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sweet Springs, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/575209962

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