Carmen Springs Wildlife Refuge Management Area
Carmen Springs Wildlife Refuge Management Area is a park in Missouri, at a recorded elevation of 343 m. Lead Hill stands 495 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Spring Hollow, a spring 0.3 miles away. Great River Road passes 133 miles off. 138 named places lie within 25 miles, 30 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 343 m
How to reach it
- 132.6 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 1.8 mi off the Blue Buck Knob Scenic Byway
138 named places within 25 miles
- Spring Hollow: 0.3 mi
- Carman Spring: 0.7 mi
- Hellroaring Spring: 2.9 mi
- Galloway Spring: 3.3 mi
- Group Camp Spring: 3.4 mi
- Morningside Park: 6.5 mi
- Dean Davis State Wildlife Area: 7.7 mi
- Heart of the Ozarks Fairgrounds: 14.4 mi
- Kiwanis Wayhaven Park: 14.6 mi
- Galloway Creek Nature Park: 14.8 mi
- Twin Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Dyestone Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Blue Buck Knob: 4.1 mi
- Tater Hill: 4.4 mi
- Little Yoeman: 5.3 mi
- Veterans Memeorial: 16.6 mi
- Grizzly Statue: 17.0 mi
- Civil War Skirmish: 17.1 mi
- Polly the Parrot: 17.7 mi
- Howell County War Memorial: 17.7 mi
- Lovers Leap: 5.8 mi
- Two Faces: 9.1 mi
- Rattail Point: 19.1 mi
- Chimney Rock: 20.5 mi
- Cabool Towersite: 17.2 mi
- Baptist Camp Access: 23.4 mi
- Summersville Towersite: 24.1 mi
- Rainbow Springs Upper Outlit: 15.8 mi
- Rainbow Spring Lower Outlit: 16.1 mi
- James P. Harlin Museum: 17.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Carmen Springs Wildlife Refuge Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead Hill | NNW 331° | 495 m | 16.9 mi |
| King Mountain | NE 54° | 463 m | 9.6 mi |
| Queens Mountain | NE 52° | 446 m | 10.7 mi |
| Blue Buck Knob | WNW 302° | 442 m | 4.1 mi |
| Tater Hill | NNW 329° | 438 m | 4.4 mi |
| Bald Knob Mountain | NW 320° | 434 m | 17.3 mi |
| Twin Knobs | W 270° | 428 m | 11.4 mi |
| Dyestone Mountain | NW 315° | 424 m | 3.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:53 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:15 | 16:56 |
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 | 35 | 39 | 48 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 69 | 58 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Plains Muni AP, 8 mi away.
- bigleaf grass-of-parnassus3 obs
- downy rattlesnake plantain2 obs
- black maidenhair fern2 obs
- false sunflower2 obs
- Marsh Coneflower2 obs
- Pileated Woodpecker1 obs
- diamond-flowers1 obs
- Common Buckeye1 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358066325
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