Nature reserve · Missouri

Sowards Ford Access

Sowards Ford Access from directly overhead

Sowards Ford Access is a nature reserve in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 268 m. Devils Horn stands 367 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Ellenorah, a ghost town 3.7 miles away. 35 named places lie within 25 miles, 4 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Missouri Department of Conservation
Access: Yes

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates40.39120, -94.32042

Around it

35 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves14

Worth County Community Lake: 10.7 mi
Boone Woods: 14.5 mi
Ringgold Wildlife Management Area: 17.1 mi
Sheridan Access: 17.1 mi
Iowa Habitat and Access Program Ringgold: 19.0 mi

Parks13

Smith Street Park: 9.9 mi
City Park: 17.0 mi
Prentis Park: 17.4 mi
Blockton Community Park: 17.5 mi
Memorial Park: 17.7 mi

Peaks4

Mount Waller: 6.0 mi
Redmond Hill: 9.6 mi
Devils Horn: 16.5 mi
Bunker Hill: 17.5 mi

Ghost towns2

Ellenorah: 3.7 mi
Xenia: 24.9 mi

Rest areas1

Eagleville Welcome Center & Rest Area: 22.1 mi

Beaches1

Mozingo Beach: 24.1 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Devils Horn	NW 308°	367 m	16.5 mi
Bunker Hill	WNW 285°	337 m	17.5 mi
Mount Waller	NNW 333°	333 m	6.0 mi
Redmond Hill	SW 227°	294 m	9.6 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:22	18:54	19:30
June solstice	05:48	20:11	20:52
September equinox	07:06	18:40	19:16
December solstice	07:38	16:11	16:55

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	23	28	39	50	62	70	75	73	65	53	39	28

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grant City, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element way/1354776878

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