Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge is a nature reserve in Missouri, at a recorded elevation of 202 m. Mound Bogard stands 290 m to the west-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Yellow Creek Conservation Area, a nature reserve 3.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 96 miles off. 101 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 202 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- United States Fish and Wildlife Service
How to reach it
- 96.1 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 169.6 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
101 named places within 25 miles
- Hale Public Park: 9.0 mi
- Bosworth River Access: 10.1 mi
- Herring Park: 12.0 mi
- Bosworth Park: 12.1 mi
- Corner Park: 12.3 mi
- Yellow Creek Conservation Area: 3.1 mi
- Sumner Access: 6.0 mi
- Little Compton Lake Conservation Area: 7.1 mi
- Nannie B. Floyd Memorial Conservation Area: 7.5 mi
- Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Schmitt Unit: 9.3 mi
- Wall of Honor: 12.9 mi
- War Memorial: 14.0 mi
- First Methodist Church: 19.7 mi
- Time Capsule Stone: 19.9 mi
- Bucklin History Monument: 19.9 mi
- Walt Disney Hometown Museum: 14.4 mi
- General Sterling Price Museum: 16.9 mi
- Coen Hotel: 19.6 mi
- American Legion Post 57: 19.6 mi
- Chariton County Historical Museum: 23.3 mi
- Asper: 16.3 mi
- Cream Ridge: 20.0 mi
- Cleary: 21.5 mi
- Wakenda: 22.6 mi
- Leopolis: 22.9 mi
- Maxie, The World's Largest Goose: 5.3 mi
- American War Mothers Memorial: 11.5 mi
- Brookfield Pepsi-Cola Mural: 13.6 mi
- Stone M: 14.3 mi
- Tiger Statue: 14.4 mi
- Stokes Mound: 16.5 mi
- Round Tater Hill: 19.5 mi
- Long Tater Hill: 19.9 mi
- Mound Bogard: 21.6 mi
- Shields Hill: 22.4 mi
- Santa Fe & Disneyland Railroad #2546: 14.2 mi
- ATSF Depot: 14.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mound Bogard | WSW 245° | 290 m | 21.6 mi |
| Stokes Mound | W 267° | 277 m | 16.5 mi |
| Long Tater Hill | WSW 258° | 273 m | 19.9 mi |
| Round Tater Hill | WSW 258° | 252 m | 19.5 mi |
| Shields Hill | SW 216° | 241 m | 22.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:49 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 20:04 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:36 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:10 | 16:53 |
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 | 28 | 32 | 43 | 54 | 64 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 68 | 56 | 44 | 32 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brunswick, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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