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Vancill Hollow Natural Area

Vancill Hollow Natural Area from directly overhead

Vancill Hollow Natural Area is a nature reserve in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 144 m. Bald Knob stands 314 m to the northeast, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Trail of Tears State Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Great River Road - Missouri passes 8.7 miles off. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Missouri Department of Conservation

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.45923, -89.47951
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Trail of Tears State Park: 0.3 mi
  • Wolf Lake Community Park: 3.8 mi
  • Twin Trees Park: 8.4 mi
  • Twin Trees Park: 8.7 mi
  • Cape Rock Park: 9.1 mi
Peaks: 37
  • Sheppard Point: 1.8 mi
  • Thompson Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Coker Knob: 5.8 mi
  • Grassy Knob: 5.9 mi
  • McGee Hill: 6.5 mi
Artworks: 18
  • Mississippi River Tales: 10.9 mi
  • Missouri Wall of Fame: 11.0 mi
  • ps: 21.7 mi
  • gym: 21.7 mi
  • k: 22.4 mi
Nature reserves: 16
Historic sites: 14
Picnic sites: 11
  • Cypress Retreat: 22.0 mi
  • Saluki Cove: 22.1 mi
  • Morava Point: 22.1 mi
  • Bald Knob Picnic Area: 22.4 mi
  • Clearview: 22.6 mi
Museums: 10
Ghost towns: 9
Attractions: 9
Cliffs: 8
Gardens: 5
Rest areas: 4
Springs: 3
  • Cave Spring: 10.3 mi
  • Bottoms Spring: 15.3 mi
  • Seep: 18.3 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Kinkaid Lake Spillway Falls: 21.9 mi
Beaches: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald KnobNE 49°314 m9.7 mi
Tiptop KnobENE 68°269 m14.4 mi
Government RockNNE 17°250 m8.4 mi
Grassy KnobSW 217°242 m5.9 mi
Grassy KnobNNE 14°241 m11.0 mi
McGee HillNNE 22°240 m6.5 mi
Vick HillSE 146°232 m12.0 mi
Coker KnobSSW 196°228 m5.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3619:10
June solstice05:3819:4420:23
September equinox06:4618:2218:57
December solstice07:1016:0316:44

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323646576776807870584536
Precip in3.33.75.05.55.54.24.33.63.43.74.63.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jackson, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/670336832

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