Carondelet Park
Carondelet Park is a park in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 142 m. Buck Knob stands 259 m to the south-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Carondelet Park Bird Sanctuary, a park 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 - MO passes 3.0 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1875
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of St. Louis
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 3.0 mi off the Historic Route 66 - MO
- 6.5 mi off the Historic National Road - Illinois, National
- 3.8 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 5.1 mi off the Great River Road - Missouri
Overlooks nearby
- Mississippi River Overlook · 6 mi
- Mounted Binculors · 15 mi
- Elk Hollow · 15 mi
- 7 Gates of Hell: Gate 1 · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Carondelet Park Bird Sanctuary: 0.1 mi
- Alaska Park: 0.6 mi
- Fanetti Plaza: 0.8 mi
- St. Louis Square Park: 1.0 mi
- St. Marcus Commemorative Park: 1.1 mi
- Carondelet Historical Society: 0.7 mi
- Old Ordance Room: 3.0 mi
- Sachs Museum: 3.5 mi
- Magic Chef Mansion: 3.8 mi
- Jefferson Barracks Telephone Museum: 3.9 mi
- Alderman Albert (Red) Villa: 0.8 mi
- Blue Collar Baroque: 1.3 mi
- All Heart: 1.3 mi
- We Are Empowered: 1.4 mi
- Our Lady of Sorrows: 1.6 mi
- Donald L. Fanetti: 0.8 mi
- Sugarloaf Mound: 2.0 mi
- Mini Arch: 2.2 mi
- Rosenblatt Monument: 2.4 mi
- David R. Francis Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Missouri Botanical Garden: 3.7 mi
- Budweiser Brewery Experience: 3.7 mi
- Anheuser-Busch Brewery Tours: 3.7 mi
- Compton Hill Water Tower: 3.9 mi
- Lafayette Park House: 4.5 mi
- Marti Frumhoff Memorial Garden: 2.6 mi
- Transgender Memorial Garden: 3.1 mi
- Hidden Alley Ranch: 3.4 mi
- English Cave Community Garden: 3.4 mi
- Star Garden: 3.4 mi
- GHV Terrace Garden: 4.0 mi
- Tweed Prairie: 7.3 mi
- Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center: 8.8 mi
- Stemler Cave Woods Nature Preserve: 8.9 mi
- Bittersweet Woods Conservation Area: 10.9 mi
- Gurney Picnic Site: 3.1 mi
- Tunica Picnic Site: 3.1 mi
- West End Picnic Site: 3.1 mi
- Concession Picnic Site: 3.2 mi
- Gus Fogt Picnic Site: 3.3 mi
- Headwaters: 3.1 mi
- Caroline Loughlin Fountain: 3.3 mi
- Webster Retention Pond Seep: 4.7 mi
- Falling Spring: 4.8 mi
- Cabanne Spring: 5.5 mi
- Oklahoma Hill: 5.0 mi
- Government Hill: 5.3 mi
- Art Hill: 5.7 mi
- Big Mound (Historical): 7.0 mi
- Clarks Mound: 10.5 mi
- Broadway: 1.2 mi
- Columbia Bottom Conservation Area: 18.1 mi
- Times Beach: 18.7 mi
- Goldman: 23.0 mi
- Wilkie: 23.8 mi
- Wise Falls: 5.0 mi
- Deer Lake Riffles: 5.6 mi
- Dripping Springs: 15.6 mi
- Creek Trek Waterfall: 24.8 mi
- Beaver Falls: 25.0 mi
- Vilhauer Bluff: 12.7 mi
- La Charbonier Bluff: 18.9 mi
- Climbing Area: 22.1 mi
- Shelter bluff: 22.3 mi
- Stone Arch: 19.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Carondelet Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buck Knob | SSW 192° | 259 m | 24.9 mi |
| Frisco Hill | SW 221° | 247 m | 16.0 mi |
| Antire Hill | WSW 258° | 237 m | 16.1 mi |
| Potato Hill | S 185° | 218 m | 19.6 mi |
| Glassberg Hill | WSW 250° | 214 m | 23.8 mi |
| Bald Hill | WSW 255° | 205 m | 20.5 mi |
| Clarks Mound | E 83° | 196 m | 10.5 mi |
| Turkey Hill | ESE 108° | 185 m | 20.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:50 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:25 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:02 | 16:44 |
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 | 31 | 36 | 45 | 57 | 66 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 46 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cahokia, 4 mi away.
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee392 obs
- Ligated Furrow Bee215 obs
- Eastern Carpenter Bee182 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee158 obs
- Oblong Woolcarder Bee102 obs
- Metallic Sweat Bees101 obs
- Great Horned Owl94 obs
- Two-spotted Longhorn Bee84 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/149656293
Day trips start here
- Cahokia · 4 mi
- St. Louis · 5 mi
- East St. Louis · 8 mi
- Fairmont City · 11 mi
- Granite City · 11 mi
- St. Louis County · 11 mi
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