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William Lowe Conservation Area

William Lowe Conservation Area from directly overhead

William Lowe Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 235 m. The Pinnacles stands 212 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Teal Lake Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Great River Road passes 43 miles off. 95 named places lie within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Missouri Department of Conservation

How to reach it

Coordinates39.14622, -91.87929

95 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 47
  • Teal Lake Park: 0.3 mi
  • Green Estates: 0.5 mi
  • Lakeview Park: 0.9 mi
  • Garfield Park: 1.3 mi
  • Fairgrounds Park: 1.4 mi
Historic sites: 16
  • Heather Brandow Memorial: 0.4 mi
  • Welcome to Mexico Missouri: 0.5 mi
  • Frederick Whitcomb Fountain: 1.8 mi
  • Little Sisters of Liberty: 1.8 mi
  • Brian C. K. MacFarlane, Purple Leaf Plum Tree: 1.8 mi
Museums: 11
  • Simmons Stables: 1.4 mi
  • Audrain County School: 1.6 mi
  • Graceland - Audrain County Historical Society, American Saddle Horse Museum: 1.6 mi
  • Centralia Museum: 14.4 mi
  • Auto World Museum: 18.5 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Welcome to Mexico MO: 0.5 mi
  • Shryocks Callaway Farms: 17.1 mi
  • Florida: 24.3 mi
Gardens: 3
Ghost towns: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Winston Churchill Entrance Statue: 20.9 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Finger Lakes Swimming Beach: 23.6 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • The Pinnacles: 23.7 mi
Peaks: 1
  • The Pinnacles: 23.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
The PinnaclesW 268°212 m23.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4419:20
June solstice05:4219:5820:38
September equinox06:5618:3119:06
December solstice07:2416:0616:49

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283343546473787668564433
Precip in2.02.33.24.75.15.24.43.94.92.82.82.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mexico, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1364777930

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