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St. Thomas Ferry Access

St. Thomas Ferry Access from directly overhead

St. Thomas Ferry Access is a nature reserve in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 165 m. Pilot Knob stands 300 m to the east-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Pikes Camp Access, a nature reserve 3.6 miles away. Great River Road passes 92 miles off. 121 named places lie within 25 miles, 10 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Missouri Department of Conservation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates38.42219, -92.20828

121 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 56
  • Meta City Park: 8.2 mi
  • Green Berry Acres: 8.4 mi
  • Osage-Tavern State Wildlife Area: 8.5 mi
  • Hough Park: 8.8 mi
  • Rolling Hills Neighborhood Park: 8.9 mi
Peaks: 10
  • Lost Hill: 10.0 mi
  • High Point Hill: 10.1 mi
  • Thompson Hill: 11.0 mi
  • Grapevine Hill: 13.4 mi
  • Buck Knob: 15.9 mi
Historic sites: 8
  • Soldiers' Memorial Plaza: 10.0 mi
  • Cole County War Memorial: 10.8 mi
  • Lewis and Clark Memorial: 11.0 mi
  • Missouri Veterans Memorial: 11.1 mi
  • Louisiana Purchase Monument: 11.1 mi
Cliffs: 8
Ghost towns: 6
Artworks: 4
  • Sonny Liston Portrait: 10.6 mi
  • Thomas Jefferson: 11.0 mi
  • Fair Mural: 24.2 mi
  • Armed Forces Mural: 24.3 mi
Museums: 4
Attractions: 4
  • Missouri State Penitentiary Tours: 10.8 mi
  • Missouri Governor's Mansion Tours: 11.0 mi
  • Cote Sans Dessin: 16.2 mi
  • Stark Caverns: 22.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Binder Lake Pavilion & Bait Shop (Seasonal): 13.5 mi
Springs: 1
  • Meyers Spring: 21.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pilot KnobESE 105°300 m23.2 mi
High PointSSW 208°288 m17.3 mi
High Point HillSSE 163°279 m10.1 mi
Buck KnobSW 216°268 m15.9 mi
Thompson HillS 169°252 m11.0 mi
House MoundsSE 134°250 m20.6 mi
House MoundsSSW 197°241 m18.1 mi
Grapevine HillENE 70°232 m13.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4619:5720:37
September equinox06:5718:3319:08
December solstice07:2316:1116:52

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303545556574787769574535
Precip in2.22.33.24.85.24.24.44.14.23.43.22.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jefferson City WTP, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1453468692

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