Pony Express Lake Conservation Area
Pony Express Lake Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Missouri, at a recorded elevation of 297 m. Needmore Hill stands 286 m to the southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Osborn Park, a park 3.9 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 194 miles off. 100 named places lie within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1961
- Elevation
- 297 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Missouri Department of Conservation
How to reach it
- 194.4 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
100 named places within 25 miles
- Osborn Park: 3.9 mi
- Stewartsville City Park: 6.8 mi
- Cameron Soccer Complex: 8.3 mi
- Clarksdale City Park: 8.8 mi
- McCorkle Park: 8.8 mi
- Ronald and Maude Hartell Conservation Area: 13.8 mi
- King Lake Conservation Area: 15.9 mi
- Lathrop Bridge Access: 16.3 mi
- McGee Family Conservation Area: 18.0 mi
- Savage Access: 19.4 mi
- Old School of Cameron: 8.8 mi
- J.C. Penney Museum: 21.0 mi
- Missouri Quilt Museum: 21.1 mi
- Glore Psychiatric Museum: 22.5 mi
- St. Joseph Museums: 22.5 mi
- History of Amity Area: 4.7 mi
- War Memorial: 9.2 mi
- Mary Wilhelmina Lancaster: 13.3 mi
- Far West Temple Site: 16.3 mi
- Walter Cronkite Memorial: 21.3 mi
- Boxford: 11.2 mi
- Bayfield: 11.3 mi
- Far West: 16.3 mi
- Empire Prairie: 23.6 mi
- OLOG Mary Garden: 21.3 mi
- Leah Spratt Park: 24.8 mi
- Lathrop Truck Parking Southbound: 22.5 mi
- Lathrop, Missouri Rest Area Northbound: 23.0 mi
- Pony Express Monument: 24.7 mi
- President Lincoln Mural: 24.9 mi
- Needmore Hill: 20.2 mi
- Tower Hill Picnic Area: 24.3 mi
- CB&Q Locomotive 5614: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pony Express Lake Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Needmore Hill | SE 128° | 286 m | 20.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:54 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:09 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:14 | 16:57 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 29 | 41 | 51 | 62 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 41 | 30 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Amity 4 NE, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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