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Paint Brush Prairie Conservation Area

Paint Brush Prairie Conservation Area from directly overhead

Paint Brush Prairie Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 297 m. Katy trail highest point stands 291 m to the west-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Friendly Prairie Conservation Area, a nature reserve 1.7 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 133 miles off. 91 named places lie within 25 miles, 4 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Missouri Department of Conservation

How to reach it

Coordinates38.55169, -93.26581

91 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 41
  • Kahrs Boger Park: 8.2 mi
  • Covered Bridge Park: 8.3 mi
  • City Park: 9.1 mi
  • Clover Dell Park: 9.2 mi
  • State Fairground Racetrack: 9.8 mi
Historic sites: 8
  • War Dogs Memorial: 10.9 mi
  • Old Court House Memorial: 10.9 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans of Pettis County Memorial: 10.9 mi
  • Howitzer Cannon: 10.9 mi
  • Eternal Flame: 10.9 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Cliffs: 5
Museums: 4
Artworks: 4
  • Doughboy Statue: 10.9 mi
  • Statue of Liberty Replica: 11.0 mi
  • Minuteman: 20.2 mi
  • Northrop B-2 Spirit: 20.9 mi
Peaks: 4
  • Katy trail highest point: 11.0 mi
  • Knobs: 21.9 mi
  • Pinnacle Hill: 22.3 mi
  • Reno Hill: 22.9 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Missouri Department of Transportation Highway Gardens: 9.6 mi
  • Community Gardens: 9.8 mi
  • Rose Garden: 11.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Katy trail highest pointWNW 285°291 m11.0 mi
KnobsNW 315°278 m21.9 mi
Reno HillE 81°267 m22.9 mi
Pinnacle HillWNW 288°261 m22.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:5019:25
June solstice05:5020:0220:41
September equinox07:0118:3719:12
December solstice07:2816:1416:56

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293444546472777668564434
Precip in1.82.03.14.45.15.33.94.14.23.52.92.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cole Camp 3NW, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/575165120

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