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Chilton Creek Campsite

Chilton Creek Campsite from directly overhead

Chilton Creek Campsite is a park in Missouri, at a recorded elevation of 151 m. Clark Mountain stands 439 m to the east-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Mill Creek Spring, a spring 3.4 miles away. Great River Road passes 88 miles off. 152 named places lie within 25 miles, 44 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
151 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.06283, -91.04846

152 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 44
Springs: 37
  • Mill Creek Spring: 3.4 mi
  • Gravel Spring: 4.4 mi
  • Mint Spring: 5.4 mi
  • Big Spring: 8.2 mi
  • Blue Spring: 9.5 mi
Cliffs: 22
Parks: 17
Ghost towns: 16
Picnic sites: 3
  • Skyline Roadside Park: 16.1 mi
  • Picnic Area: 24.3 mi
  • Round Spring: 24.8 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Beach 3: 17.4 mi
  • Beach 2: 17.4 mi
  • Beach 3: 17.4 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Big Spring: 8.2 mi
  • Cross Country Trail Rides: 17.7 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Turner Natural Bridge: 23.4 mi
  • Round Spring Natural Bridge: 24.9 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rocky Falls: 9.1 mi
Artworks: 1
Museums: 1
  • Ellsinore Pioneer Museum: 18.8 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Jesse James 1st train robbery: 22.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Clark MountainENE 67°439 m23.0 mi
Stegall MountainW 277°409 m8.4 mi
Thorny MountainWNW 287°405 m7.5 mi
Mule MountainW 275°403 m9.7 mi
Finley MountainENE 60°386 m19.9 mi
Wildcat MountainNW 310°385 m13.3 mi
Coot MountainNW 304°379 m13.5 mi
Tip Top MountainNW 311°377 m18.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4219:16
June solstice05:4519:4920:28
September equinox06:5318:2919:03
December solstice07:1516:1116:51

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333847576674797769574637
Precip in3.43.24.75.35.03.94.63.23.83.44.63.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clearwater DAM, 16 mi away.

  • Virginia bluebells5 obs
  • Longnose Gar4 obs
  • Bronzed Tiger Beetle4 obs
  • smooth cliffbrake4 obs
  • wild geranium3 obs
  • red columbine3 obs
  • bloodroot3 obs
  • false indigo bush3 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/358053547

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