Rocky Fork Lakes Conservation Area
Rocky Fork Lakes Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Missouri, at a recorded elevation of 218 m. The Pinnacles stands 212 m to the north-northwest, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Finger Lakes Swimming Beach, a beach 1.3 miles away. Great River Road passes 65 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 218 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Missouri Department of Conservation
How to reach it
- 65.4 mi off the Great River Road, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Finger Lakes State Park: 1.3 mi
- Pinnacles Youth Park: 4.2 mi
- Thomas E "Country" Atkins Jr. Memorial Park: 4.4 mi
- Norma Sutherland Smith Park: 4.6 mi
- Auburn Hills Park: 4.8 mi
- Arch: 5.8 mi
- Leap In To: 6.3 mi
- Communitas: 6.6 mi
- Power box pole person: 7.1 mi
- You Will Miss 100% of the Shots You Never Take: 8.1 mi
- Wienermobile 1988: 4.7 mi
- Rhett Walters Rock: 7.3 mi
- WWI Memorial: 8.6 mi
- Courthouse Columns: 8.6 mi
- Engineers' Shamrock: 9.0 mi
- Wild Haven Nature Area: 4.1 mi
- Lick Creek Conservation Area: 6.9 mi
- Bonnie View Nature Sanctuary: 10.2 mi
- Columbia Audubon Nature Sanctuary: 10.4 mi
- Little Dixie Lake Conservation Area: 14.7 mi
- herbs and veggitables: 6.3 mi
- Christian College Garden: 8.2 mi
- Council Circle: 8.5 mi
- Darwin and Axie Hindman Discovery Garden: 8.5 mi
- Kilgore's Community Garden: 8.5 mi
- Museum of Art & Archaeology: 9.1 mi
- Museum of Anthropology: 9.1 mi
- Walters-Boone County Historic Museum: 11.6 mi
- Centralia Museum: 12.8 mi
- Friends of Rocheport Historic Museum: 15.9 mi
- Shryocks Callaway Farms: 14.3 mi
- Burr Oak: 15.1 mi
- Boathenge: 18.3 mi
- The Peach Tree Farm: 18.4 mi
- Welcome to Mexico MO: 22.5 mi
- The Pinnacles: 4.3 mi
- Big Manitou Bluffs: 15.0 mi
- Mill Site Bluff: 17.7 mi
- Reservable Picnic Area: 8.5 mi
- Rothwell Park Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
- The Beach: 18.4 mi
- Rollins Spring: 10.2 mi
- Big Spring: 13.7 mi
- Gum Spring: 13.9 mi
- Finger Lakes Swimming Beach: 1.3 mi
- Stephens Lake Park Beach: 8.5 mi
- The Pinnacles: 4.3 mi
- Sled Hill: 8.7 mi
- Boonesborough: 10.5 mi
- Landmark: 12.0 mi
- Boonville Rest Area Eastbound: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rocky Fork Lakes Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Pinnacles | NNW 342° | 212 m | 4.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:59 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:08 | 16:51 |
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 | 31 | 36 | 46 | 56 | 66 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 69 | 58 | 46 | 35 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Columbia U OF M, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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