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Midvale Conservation Area

Midvale Conservation Area from directly overhead

Midvale Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 431 m. King Mountain stands 463 m to the south-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Summersville Towersite, a nature reserve 2.3 miles away. Great River Road passes 107 miles off. 99 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Missouri Department of Conservation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates37.20577, -91.73769

99 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 26
  • Chimmney Rock Spring: 9.1 mi
  • Blue Spring: 11.8 mi
  • Rymer Spring: 13.9 mi
  • Ajee Spring: 15.1 mi
  • Fire Hydrant Spring: 16.2 mi
Parks: 16
  • Skunk Pond State Wildlife Management Area: 10.6 mi
  • Barn Hollow Natural Area: 10.8 mi
  • Blue Spring Campsite: 11.8 mi
  • Sunklands-Burr Oak State Wildlife Area: 13.2 mi
  • Emmet Kelly Park: 14.4 mi
Cliffs: 15
Ghost towns: 12
Peaks: 7
  • Angel Ridge: 13.9 mi
  • Jeny Ridge: 14.6 mi
  • Queens Mountain: 15.7 mi
  • King Mountain: 16.8 mi
  • High Hill: 22.2 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Pulltite: 16.9 mi
  • Beach 3: 22.0 mi
  • Beach 2: 22.0 mi
  • Beach 3: 22.1 mi
Attractions: 2
Picnic sites: 2
Historic sites: 1
  • Welch Spring Hospital: 15.8 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Round Spring Natural Bridge: 18.9 mi
Artworks: 1
Museums: 1
  • Texas County Museum of Art: 21.3 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
King MountainSSW 214°463 m16.8 mi
Queens MountainSSW 213°446 m15.7 mi
Tip Top MountainE 84°377 m23.7 mi
Jerktail MountainE 87°360 m24.1 mi
High HillSSE 162°344 m22.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4519:19
June solstice05:4819:5220:31
September equinox06:5518:3119:06
December solstice07:1816:1316:54

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333746566573787668574637

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Summersville 3 SE, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/668176638

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