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Young Conservation Area

Young Conservation Area from directly overhead

Young Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 201 m. Sandy Hill stands 307 m to the south-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Glassberg Hill, a peak 0.9 miles away. Historic Route 66 - MO passes 4.6 miles off. 24 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Missouri Department of Conservation

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates38.43712, -90.66418

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Brynes Mill Ruins: 4.4 mi
  • Old dam: 7.3 mi
  • Hotel Ruins: 8.0 mi
  • Smith's Hill Stone: 8.2 mi
  • Old Foundation: 8.4 mi
Attractions
  • Tornado: 5.2 mi
  • Typhoon Twister: 5.2 mi
  • Hook's Lagoon: 5.2 mi
  • Pirate Ship Slides: 5.2 mi
  • Hurricane Bay: 5.2 mi
Artworks
Museums: 34
Peaks: 24
  • Glassberg Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Herman's Hilltop: 3.2 mi
  • Lost Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Chinkapin Hill: 3.5 mi
  • North LaBarque Hill: 3.6 mi
Nature reserves: 21
Picnic sites: 21
Gardens: 19
Springs: 17
  • Hoene Spring House: 2.7 mi
  • Indian Spring: 4.9 mi
  • Zombie Road Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Rockwood Spring: 8.5 mi
  • Sontags Spring: 9.9 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 2
  • Saint Clair Rest Area (Westbound): 22.3 mi
  • Saint Clair Rest Area (Eastbound): 22.4 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Dripping Springs: 21.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sandy HillSSW 204°307 m23.7 mi
Berry HillSSW 201°293 m23.1 mi
Tavern RockNNW 338°272 m12.6 mi
Bald HillS 186°266 m24.6 mi
Chinkapin HillSSW 204°262 m3.5 mi
Buck KnobSE 134°259 m22.8 mi
Herman's HilltopSSW 200°248 m3.2 mi
North LaBarque HillSW 215°247 m3.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4019:15
June solstice05:4019:5120:31
September equinox06:5118:2619:01
December solstice07:1716:0416:46

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323646566675797769574536
Precip in2.42.03.54.64.64.33.33.43.03.13.32.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Louis Spirit OF ST Louis AP, 15 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Virginia bluebells61 obs
  • Wingstem60 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty50 obs
  • blue phlox49 obs
  • tall bellflower46 obs
  • Blanchard's Cricket Frog44 obs
  • rue anemone43 obs
  • cut-leaved toothwort41 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/669610143

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