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Pinhook Access

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Pinhook Access is a nature reserve in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 208 m. Katy trail highest point stands 291 m to the southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Bothwell Lodge State Historical Site, a park 2.7 miles away. 82 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Missouri Department of Conservation

How to reach it

Coordinates38.80881, -93.17316

82 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 31
  • Bothwell Lodge State Historical Site: 2.7 mi
  • Hughesville Park: 7.0 mi
  • Hubbard Park: 7.0 mi
  • Housel Park: 7.1 mi
  • Katy Trail State Park Sedalia Depot: 7.5 mi
Historic sites: 12
  • City Hospital Memorial: 7.0 mi
  • Eternal Flame: 7.6 mi
  • Howitzer Cannon: 7.6 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans of Pettis County Memorial: 7.6 mi
  • Old Court House Memorial: 7.6 mi
Museums: 7
Artworks: 5
  • Statue of Liberty Replica: 7.6 mi
  • Doughboy Statue: 7.6 mi
  • Statue of Liberty Replica: 21.8 mi
  • Northrop B-2 Spirit: 22.0 mi
  • Minuteman: 22.1 mi
Peaks: 5
  • Coppers Hill: 14.7 mi
  • Cooks Knob: 19.4 mi
  • Knobs: 20.5 mi
  • Katy trail highest point: 21.5 mi
  • Reno Hill: 22.8 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Rose Garden: 7.8 mi
  • Missouri Department of Transportation Highway Gardens: 9.4 mi
  • Community Gardens: 9.6 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • Big Spring: 21.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Katy trail highest pointSW 226°291 m21.5 mi
KnobsW 264°278 m20.5 mi
Cooks KnobWNW 282°268 m19.4 mi
Reno HillSE 129°267 m22.8 mi
Coppers HillNW 318°220 m14.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:5019:25
June solstice05:4920:0220:42
September equinox07:0118:3619:11
December solstice07:2816:1316:55

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303545556473777668564434
Precip in1.51.72.53.84.74.54.52.83.03.12.51.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sedalia MEM AP, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1365380661

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