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Three Creeks Conservation Area

Three Creeks Conservation Area from directly overhead

Three Creeks Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 206 m. The Pinnacles stands 212 m to the north, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Boone County Nature School, a nature reserve 1.9 miles away. Great River Road passes 74 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Missouri Department of Conservation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates38.84030, -92.29113

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Charles W Green State Wildlife Management Area: 2.4 mi
  • Rock Bridge Memorial State Park: 2.6 mi
  • Gans Creek Recreation Area: 3.2 mi
  • A. Perry Philips Park: 3.9 mi
  • Nifong Park: 4.6 mi
Artworks: 48
  • Network: 4.7 mi
  • In Gratitude: 5.9 mi
  • US Army Tank: 7.1 mi
  • Untitled: 7.1 mi
  • Urania: 7.2 mi
Historic sites: 24
  • Kuhlman Court: 7.4 mi
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial: 7.5 mi
  • Engineers' Shamrock: 7.6 mi
  • War Memorial for Engineers: 7.6 mi
  • Courthouse Columns: 8.0 mi
Gardens: 15
  • Courtyard Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Tucker Mini-Prairie Garden: 7.4 mi
  • Children's Garden: 7.4 mi
  • Battle Garden: 7.5 mi
  • Sculpture Garden: 7.6 mi
Museums: 13
Attractions: 7
  • Boathenge: 5.3 mi
  • Burr Oak: 10.2 mi
  • Shryocks Callaway Farms: 13.8 mi
  • The Peach Tree Farm: 17.7 mi
  • Missouri Governor's Mansion Tours: 19.3 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Springs: 3
  • Rollins Spring: 6.7 mi
  • Gum Spring: 14.3 mi
  • Big Spring: 19.2 mi
Cliffs: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Peaks: 2
  • Sled Hill: 7.6 mi
  • The Pinnacles: 20.3 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Stephens Lake Park Beach: 7.8 mi
  • Finger Lakes Swimming Beach: 17.2 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Boonville Rest Area Eastbound: 24.3 mi
  • Boonville Rest Area Westbound: 24.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
The PinnaclesN 355°212 m20.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4619:21
June solstice05:4519:5920:38
September equinox06:5818:3319:08
December solstice07:2516:0916:51

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313646566675797769584535
Precip in2.12.13.04.94.84.24.14.13.83.52.72.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Columbia Rgnl AP, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/569161318

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