Skip to content
Byway
Park · Missouri

Benton Park

Benton Park from directly overhead

Benton Park is a park in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 158 m. Frisco Hill stands 247 m to the southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Friedrich Hecker Monument, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 - MO passes 1.1 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
1866
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of St. Louis
Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates38.59736, -90.22274

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Gardens: 60
Parks
  • Carnegie Park: 0.2 mi
  • Cherokee Park: 0.3 mi
  • Fremont Park: 0.3 mi
  • Love Bank Park: 0.5 mi
  • Aboussie Park: 0.5 mi
Artworks
  • Yeyo Arts Collective: 0.2 mi
  • Cherokee Station Shopping Area: 0.3 mi
  • mosaic: 0.4 mi
  • Flowers for Curt Flood (Saga of the Newport Gundam): 0.7 mi
  • Treemonisha: 1.2 mi
Attractions
Museums
  • Magic Chef Mansion: 1.3 mi
  • Neon Museum of Saint Louis: 2.1 mi
  • Sachs Museum: 2.1 mi
  • The Field House Museum: 2.3 mi
  • St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame and Museum: 2.5 mi
Nature reserves: 28
Picnic sites: 22
Springs: 19
Peaks: 17
  • Big Mound (Historical): 3.7 mi
  • Government Hill: 4.3 mi
  • Art Hill: 4.8 mi
  • Oklahoma Hill: 7.2 mi
  • Clarks Mound: 8.3 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Wise Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Deer Lake Riffles: 4.3 mi
  • Dripping Springs: 15.9 mi
  • Creek Trek Waterfall: 22.3 mi
  • Beaver Falls: 22.3 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Cliffs: 4
  • Vilhauer Bluff: 11.1 mi
  • La Charbonier Bluff: 17.6 mi
  • Climbing Area: 24.3 mi
  • Shelter bluff: 24.5 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Stone Arch: 21.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Frisco HillSW 221°247 m19.3 mi
Antire HillWSW 252°237 m18.8 mi
Potato HillS 190°218 m22.4 mi
Bald HillWSW 251°205 m23.4 mi
Clarks MoundE 99°196 m8.3 mi
Turkey HillESE 117°185 m19.5 mi
Fox HillENE 57°182 m13.8 mi
Browns MoundENE 67°174 m18.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3819:13
June solstice05:3719:5020:29
September equinox06:4918:2519:00
December solstice07:1616:0216:44

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313645576675797770584636
Precip in2.72.33.54.64.84.35.03.13.43.03.32.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cahokia, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee278 obs
  • Western Honey Bee158 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee155 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee147 obs
  • Monarch116 obs
  • Ligated Furrow Bee108 obs
  • Two-spotted Longhorn Bee99 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail89 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/303546434

More parks in Missouri

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Plan a driveMore parks
Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Benton Park.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens