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Pikes Camp Access

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Pikes Camp Access is a nature reserve in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 163 m. Pilot Knob stands 300 m to the east-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Castle Rock, a ghost town 0.9 miles away. Great River Road passes 88 miles off. 121 named places lie within 25 miles, 10 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Missouri Department of Conservation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates38.46501, -92.17059

121 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 55
  • Green Berry Acres: 5.1 mi
  • Hough Park: 5.8 mi
  • Rolling Hills Neighborhood Park: 6.5 mi
  • McClung Park: 6.5 mi
  • McKay Park: 6.8 mi
Peaks: 10
  • Grapevine Hill: 10.7 mi
  • High Point Hill: 12.7 mi
  • Lost Hill: 13.3 mi
  • Thompson Hill: 13.7 mi
  • Buck Knob: 19.5 mi
Historic sites: 8
  • Soldiers' Memorial Plaza: 6.9 mi
  • Cole County War Memorial: 7.6 mi
  • Lewis and Clark Memorial: 7.8 mi
  • Missouri Veterans Memorial: 7.9 mi
  • Louisiana Purchase Monument: 7.9 mi
Cliffs: 8
Ghost towns: 6
Artworks: 4
  • Sonny Liston Portrait: 7.4 mi
  • Thomas Jefferson: 7.9 mi
  • Fair Mural: 24.3 mi
  • Armed Forces Mural: 24.4 mi
Museums: 4
Attractions: 3
  • Missouri State Penitentiary Tours: 7.5 mi
  • Missouri Governor's Mansion Tours: 7.8 mi
  • Cote Sans Dessin: 12.7 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Binder Lake Pavilion & Bait Shop (Seasonal): 12.0 mi
Springs: 1
  • Meyers Spring: 20.2 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pilot KnobESE 114°300 m22.3 mi
High PointSSW 209°288 m20.9 mi
High Point HillS 176°279 m12.7 mi
Buck KnobSW 215°268 m19.5 mi
Thompson HillS 180°252 m13.7 mi
House MoundsSE 144°250 m21.5 mi
House MoundsSSW 200°241 m21.6 mi
Grapevine HillE 81°232 m10.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4619:5720:37
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:2316:1016:52

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303545556574787769574535
Precip in2.22.33.24.85.24.24.44.14.23.43.22.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jefferson City WTP, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/1263921953

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