Castlewood State Park
Castlewood State Park is a park in Missouri, at a recorded elevation of 127 m. Tavern Rock stands 272 m to the west-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Castle Ruins, a historic site 0.6 miles away. Historic Route 66 - MO passes 1.0 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 127 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the Historic Route 66 - MO
- 7.7 mi off the Great River Road - Missouri
- 21.0 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 18.2 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Elk Hollow · 1 mi
- Bird Viewing Blind · 7 mi
- Observation Blind · 15 mi
- Mississippi River Overlook · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Castle Ruins: 0.6 mi
- Aggregate Processing Works Ruins: 0.9 mi
- Old Foundation: 1.4 mi
- Hotel Ruins: 2.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 4.2 mi
- Lone Elk County Park: 0.7 mi
- Ferris Park: 2.1 mi
- Antire Valley County Park: 2.6 mi
- Cub World: 2.6 mi
- Ohlendorf West Park: 2.6 mi
- Budd RDC-1 ITAX #54: 5.1 mi
- MoPac #604 Railbus: 5.1 mi
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Aerotrain #3: 5.1 mi
- Missouri Pacific #13889: 5.1 mi
- U.S. Army #1149: 5.1 mi
- Lindburg Automobile Center: 5.1 mi
- Museum of Transportation;Museum of Transportion: 5.2 mi
- The American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog: 5.8 mi
- Myseum: 6.1 mi
- Fenton History Museum: 6.3 mi
- The Coyote: 7.1 mi
- Recess: 7.1 mi
- Dog Days: 7.1 mi
- Sugabus: 7.1 mi
- Donut No. 3: 7.1 mi
- Wildwood Community Garden: 5.2 mi
- Wild West Community Garden: 5.7 mi
- Old Bonhomme Elementary School Garden: 12.4 mi
- McCausland Community Garden: 14.0 mi
- Hi-Pointe Neighborhood Garden: 14.7 mi
- Forest 44 Conservation Area: 1.7 mi
- Phantom Forest Conservation Area: 5.5 mi
- Bittersweet Woods Conservation Area: 5.8 mi
- Rockwoods Reservation Conservation Area: 6.3 mi
- Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center: 6.7 mi
- Countrylane Woods II Picnic Area: 4.2 mi
- Hillside: 6.3 mi
- Creekside: 6.3 mi
- Shenandoah Valley Elementary Picnic Site: 8.0 mi
- Picnic Site 1: 11.2 mi
- Antire Hill: 1.9 mi
- Bald Hill: 5.8 mi
- High Point St. Louis County: 7.0 mi
- Lost Hill: 9.2 mi
- Glassberg Hill: 9.6 mi
- Rott Rd Spring: 1.2 mi
- Sontags Spring: 1.5 mi
- Horse Spring: 1.9 mi
- Main Spring: 2.2 mi
- Smizer Mill Spring: 2.3 mi
- Times Beach: 3.6 mi
- Broadway: 15.5 mi
- Goldman: 16.9 mi
- Calvey: 18.9 mi
- Climbing Area: 6.9 mi
- Shelter bluff: 7.1 mi
- Vilhauer Bluff: 18.5 mi
- La Charbonier Bluff: 20.8 mi
- Dripping Springs: 12.4 mi
- Deer Lake Riffles: 16.2 mi
- Wise Falls: 16.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Castlewood State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tavern Rock | WNW 292° | 272 m | 11.8 mi |
| Chinkapin Hill | SW 216° | 262 m | 12.9 mi |
| Herman's Hilltop | SW 216° | 248 m | 12.5 mi |
| Frisco Hill | SSE 155° | 247 m | 11.9 mi |
| North LaBarque Hill | SW 219° | 247 m | 13.1 mi |
| South LaBarque Hill | SW 219° | 244 m | 13.3 mi |
| Antire Hill | S 188° | 237 m | 1.9 mi |
| Potato Hill | SE 143° | 218 m | 22.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:51 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:26 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:03 | 16:45 |
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 | 32 | 36 | 46 | 56 | 66 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 69 | 57 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Louis Spirit OF ST Louis AP, 10 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer180 obs
- Pipevine Swallowtail155 obs
- common pawpaw135 obs
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee117 obs
- Virginia Springbeauty92 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee90 obs
- Common Raccoon88 obs
- Spicebush Swallowtail81 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/340016478
Day trips start here
- St. Louis County · 9 mi
- St. Charles · 17 mi
- St. Louis · 18 mi
- Ferguson · 19 mi
- Cahokia · 20 mi
- East St. Louis · 23 mi
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