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Rockwoods Reservation Conservation Area

Rockwoods Reservation Conservation Area from directly overhead

Rockwoods Reservation Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 163 m. Tavern Rock stands 272 m to the west-northwest, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Creekside, a picnic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 - MO passes 1.3 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates38.56285, -90.66280

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Attractions
Artworks
Museums: 49
  • Wildwood History Museum: 2.7 mi
  • Myseum: 8.9 mi
  • The American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog: 10.0 mi
  • Morton J. May Foundation Gallery: 10.2 mi
  • Lindburg Automobile Center: 10.8 mi
Gardens: 42
Nature reserves: 24
Picnic sites: 22
Peaks: 20
  • High Point St. Louis County: 2.9 mi
  • Bald Hill: 5.7 mi
  • Tavern Rock: 5.7 mi
  • Lost Hill: 6.4 mi
  • Jensen's Point: 6.4 mi
Springs: 19
  • Rockwood Spring: 0.3 mi
  • Zombie Road Spring: 3.2 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 4.1 mi
  • Babler Spring: 4.9 mi
  • Sontags Spring: 5.2 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Beaches: 5
  • Twimsberg Beach: 23.5 mi
  • Wunderblick Beach: 23.6 mi
  • Seebach Beach: 23.9 mi
  • Geneva Beach: 24.0 mi
  • Lionshead Beach: 24.2 mi
Cliffs: 4
  • Climbing Area: 0.9 mi
  • Shelter bluff: 0.9 mi
  • Vilhauer Bluff: 22.2 mi
  • La Charbonier Bluff: 22.7 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Dripping Springs: 14.3 mi
  • Deer Lake Riffles: 21.5 mi
  • Wise Falls: 21.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tavern RockWNW 301°272 m5.7 mi
Chinkapin HillS 187°262 m12.0 mi
Herman's HilltopS 186°248 m11.8 mi
North LaBarque HillS 190°247 m11.9 mi
Frisco HillSE 138°247 m16.6 mi
South LaBarque HillS 191°244 m12.0 mi
Antire HillESE 120°237 m6.8 mi
Autumn HillWSW 248°217 m21.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4019:15
June solstice05:3919:5120:31
September equinox06:5118:2619:01
December solstice07:1716:0416:46

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323646566675797769574536
Precip in2.42.03.54.64.64.33.33.43.03.13.32.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Louis Spirit OF ST Louis AP, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Honey Bee76 obs
  • Christmas fern51 obs
  • prairie trillium50 obs
  • Eastern Beebalm45 obs
  • wild comfrey41 obs
  • blue phlox40 obs
  • rose vervain40 obs
  • Miami Mist39 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/350228992

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