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American Legion Park

American Legion Park from directly overhead

American Legion Park is a park in Missouri, at a recorded elevation of 183 m. Kaiser Hill stands 280 m to the west-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Charette Park, a park 2.7 miles away. Great River Road passes 47 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
183 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.65783, -91.09876

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Charette Park: 2.7 mi
  • Marthasville City Park: 2.8 mi
  • Lichtenberg Park: 2.9 mi
  • Wessel Park: 3.0 mi
  • Rusche Park: 3.2 mi
Historic sites: 30
Attractions: 16
  • Haunted Emmaus Asylum: 5.8 mi
  • Hermann Caboose: 18.3 mi
  • Tavern Rock Cave: 18.8 mi
  • Play Day Farm: 20.6 mi
  • Big Foot: 21.3 mi
Peaks: 13
Beaches: 13
  • Twimsberg Beach: 6.8 mi
  • Kitzbuhl Beach: 7.2 mi
  • Geneva Beach: 7.5 mi
  • Lionshead Beach: 7.5 mi
  • Seebach Beach: 7.5 mi
Museums: 11
Nature reserves: 11
Artworks: 8
Ghost towns: 7
Gardens: 5
Springs: 5
  • Dunn Spring: 14.5 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 21.7 mi
  • Babler Spring: 21.8 mi
  • Big Spring: 23.6 mi
  • Rockwood Spring: 24.8 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Wright City Rest Area (Eastbound): 11.9 mi
  • Wright City Rest Area (Westbound): 12.1 mi
  • Saint Clair Rest Area (Westbound): 23.7 mi
  • Saint Clair Rest Area (Eastbound): 23.8 mi
Cliffs: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Creekside: 24.5 mi
  • Hillside: 24.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kaiser HillWSW 249°280 m11.2 mi
Negro HillWNW 291°278 m19.7 mi
Boland KnobWNW 284°273 m22.7 mi
Tavern RockE 101°272 m19.0 mi
Bald HillSW 219°248 m16.1 mi
Roundabout HillNW 313°244 m9.9 mi
Enoch KnobSSW 201°228 m5.8 mi
Autumn HillSSE 165°217 m15.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4219:17
June solstice05:4119:5320:33
September equinox06:5318:2819:03
December solstice07:1916:0516:47

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303444556574787668564434
Precip in2.52.53.74.65.34.24.23.73.73.43.72.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Washington, 10 mi away.

  • American Bullfrog2 obs
  • Blue-tipped Dancer2 obs
  • Three-toed Box Turtle2 obs
  • Red-shouldered Hawk1 obs
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker1 obs
  • Eastern Screech-Owl1 obs
  • Red-bellied Snake1 obs
  • Timber Rattlesnake1 obs

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358022716

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