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Ronald and Maude Hartell Conservation Area

Ronald and Maude Hartell Conservation Area from directly overhead

Ronald and Maude Hartell Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Missouri, at a recorded elevation of 296 m. Needmore Hill stands 286 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Lathrop Bridge Access, a nature reserve 2.6 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 181 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
296 m

What to expect

Operated by
Missouri Department of Conservation

How to reach it

Coordinates39.60372, -94.39892

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Fireman's Park: 3.7 mi
  • Perkins Park: 3.7 mi
  • Ted Moore Park: 4.2 mi
  • Turney City Park: 4.7 mi
  • Smithville Lake State Wildlife Area: 6.4 mi
Museums: 12
  • Old School of Cameron: 12.8 mi
  • Jesse James Birthplace: 15.2 mi
  • Kearney Historic Museum: 16.1 mi
  • Excelsior Springs Museum: 20.4 mi
  • J.C. Penney Museum: 23.5 mi
Historic sites: 6
  • Mary Wilhelmina Lancaster: 9.8 mi
  • War Memorial: 12.0 mi
  • Far West Temple Site: 15.0 mi
  • History of Amity Area: 17.8 mi
  • Remembrance Memorial: 17.8 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Lathrop Truck Parking Southbound: 9.7 mi
  • Lathrop, Missouri Rest Area Northbound: 10.1 mi
  • Dearborn Rest Area (Northbound): 22.4 mi
  • Dearborn Truck Parking (Southbound): 22.5 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Watkins Mill Beach: 15.7 mi
  • Little Platte Swim Beach: 15.9 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Mount Vernon Church: 15.6 mi
Peaks: 1
  • Needmore Hill: 16.6 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Tryst Falls: 17.3 mi
Gardens: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Needmore HillE 86°286 m16.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2218:5419:30
June solstice05:5120:0920:49
September equinox07:0618:4119:16
December solstice07:3616:1516:57

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F253041526373777567554231
Precip in1.11.32.53.75.34.74.64.24.22.92.71.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cameron, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1374170907

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