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Wabash Crossing Area

Wabash Crossing Area from directly overhead

Wabash Crossing Area is a nature reserve in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 226 m. Needmore Hill stands 286 m to the south-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Holmes Bend Access, a nature reserve 2.6 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 206 miles off. 57 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Missouri Department of Conservation

How to reach it

Coordinates39.92717, -93.94564

57 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 30
  • Jamesport City Park: 8.3 mi
  • Playground: 12.6 mi
  • J.C. Penney Boyhood Home: 13.0 mi
  • Hamilton City Lake: 13.4 mi
  • Gilman City Park: 15.2 mi
Museums: 6
  • Missouri Quilt Museum: 12.9 mi
  • J.C. Penney Museum: 12.9 mi
  • Old School of Cameron: 20.1 mi
  • Grundy County Museum: 20.2 mi
  • Baker School: 20.3 mi
Historic sites: 3
  • Lyman and Harriet Wight Home Site: 3.8 mi
  • Far West Temple Site: 20.2 mi
  • War Memorial: 20.9 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Beaches: 2
Peaks: 2
  • Shale Hill: 20.0 mi
  • Needmore Hill: 22.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Trenton Community Garden: 20.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Needmore HillSSW 200°286 m22.5 mi
Shale HillSE 127°267 m20.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5219:28
June solstice05:4820:0820:49
September equinox07:0418:3919:15
December solstice07:3516:1216:55

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F253041526272767466544029
Precip in1.41.82.53.65.65.64.44.24.53.32.01.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gallatin 1W, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1367373906

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