Walter Woods Conservation Area
Walter Woods Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 317 m. Coal Mine Hill stands 367 m to the southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Wildcat Glades Conservation & Audubon Center, a nature reserve 2.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 - MO passes 6.2 miles off. 142 named places lie within 25 miles, 4 of them named summits.
Conservation area with trails and pond stocked with fish. No fishing allowed
What to expect
How to reach it
- 6.2 mi off the Historic Route 66 - MO
- 8.3 mi off the Kansas Historic Route 66 Byway
- 12.4 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
142 named places within 25 miles
- Spiva Park: 2.4 mi
- McIndoe Park: 3.0 mi
- McClelland Park: 3.6 mi
- Garvin Park: 4.6 mi
- Mercy Park: 4.7 mi
- Wildcat Glades Conservation & Audubon Center: 2.2 mi
- Wildcat Glade Natural Area: 2.2 mi
- Carver Prairie: 6.7 mi
- Diamond Grove Prairie Natural Area: 7.5 mi
- Diamond Grove Prairie Conservation Area: 7.6 mi
- Saint Mary's Catholic Church Cross: 4.8 mi
- "t-lane memorial': 7.6 mi
- Apple Park Water Tower: 7.9 mi
- Praying Hands: 10.4 mi
- Kneeling Miner Statue: 10.5 mi
- Dorothea B. Hoover Historical Museum: 6.8 mi
- Joplin History & Mineral Museum: 6.9 mi
- Everett J. Ritchie Tri-State Mineral Museum: 6.9 mi
- Galena Mining & Historical Museum: 9.2 mi
- Newton County Historical Museum: 11.7 mi
- The house of Bonnie and Clyde: 4.0 mi
- Tristate Marker: 5.9 mi
- Schifferdecker home: 6.5 mi
- Tow Mater: 9.3 mi
- Marsh arc bridge: 13.8 mi
- Hockerville: 14.9 mi
- Monark Springs: 15.1 mi
- Zincville: 16.4 mi
- Picher: 17.7 mi
- Douthat: 18.1 mi
- Butterfly Mural: 4.8 mi
- Old Tristate Marker: 5.9 mi
- Route 66 Mural Park: 6.3 mi
- Belonging to All the Hands Who Build: 6.8 mi
- Carver Bust: 8.6 mi
- Blue Mound: 17.3 mi
- Coal Mine Hill: 21.6 mi
- Holloway Mountain: 21.8 mi
- Tatum Hill: 22.8 mi
- Mother Nature's Crack: 2.3 mi
- Owens Bluff: 19.2 mi
- Grand Falls: 3.2 mi
- Grand Falls: 3.2 mi
- Joplin Rest Area (Eastbound): 4.1 mi
- Truck Parking: 4.2 mi
- Butterfly Garden and Overlook: 5.0 mi
- Red Dirt Farm: 21.7 mi
- McMahan Spring: 14.1 mi
- Gibson Spring: 16.7 mi
- bunker: 20.2 mi
- Bunker: 20.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Walter Woods Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coal Mine Hill | SE 146° | 367 m | 21.6 mi |
| Holloway Mountain | SSE 166° | 367 m | 21.8 mi |
| Tatum Hill | S 173° | 356 m | 22.8 mi |
| Blue Mound | W 273° | 291 m | 17.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:56 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:03 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:25 | 17:05 |
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 | 34 | 38 | 47 | 56 | 65 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 5.2 | 6.7 | 5.5 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Diamond 2W, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1005461603
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