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Compton Hill Reservoir Park

Compton Hill Reservoir Park from directly overhead

Compton Hill Reservoir Park is a park in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 178 m. Frisco Hill stands 247 m to the southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Naked Truth, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 - MO runs past it. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
1867
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of St. Louis
Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.61456, -90.23751

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Attractions
Museums
Parks
  • Terry Park: 0.3 mi
  • Tiffany Park: 0.4 mi
  • Flora Place Park: 0.6 mi
  • Eads Square Park: 0.8 mi
  • Fox Park: 0.8 mi
Gardens: 60
  • GHV Entry Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Fox Park Farm: 0.6 mi
  • Hidden Alley Ranch: 0.7 mi
  • GHV Entry Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Dorothy Park Community Garden: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves: 28
Picnic sites: 22
Springs: 20
Peaks: 17
  • Government Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Big Mound (Historical): 3.4 mi
  • Art Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Oklahoma Hill: 8.4 mi
  • Clarks Mound: 9.3 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Wise Falls: 2.1 mi
  • Deer Lake Riffles: 2.9 mi
  • Dripping Springs: 14.7 mi
  • Creek Trek Waterfall: 21.1 mi
  • Beaver Falls: 21.2 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Cliffs: 4
  • Vilhauer Bluff: 9.7 mi
  • La Charbonier Bluff: 16.2 mi
  • Climbing Area: 23.6 mi
  • Shelter bluff: 23.9 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Stone Arch: 23.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Frisco HillSW 217°247 m19.8 mi
Antire HillWSW 248°237 m18.5 mi
Potato HillS 188°218 m23.4 mi
Bald HillWSW 247°205 m23.0 mi
Clarks MoundESE 105°196 m9.3 mi
Turkey HillESE 119°185 m20.8 mi
Fox HillENE 63°182 m13.9 mi
Browns MoundENE 71°174 m19.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3819:13
June solstice05:3719:5020:30
September equinox06:4918:2519:00
December solstice07:1616:0216:44

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333747586877817972604837
Precip in2.72.33.64.84.94.74.23.73.43.23.72.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Louis SCI CTR, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee714 obs
  • Western Honey Bee505 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee502 obs
  • American Robin357 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee351 obs
  • Ligated Furrow Bee322 obs
  • Monarch309 obs
  • Mallard270 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/303546437

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