Compton Recreation Area
Compton Recreation Area is a park in Missouri, at a recorded elevation of 111 m. Bear Mountain stands 295 m to the north-northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Bee Hill, a peak 1.3 miles away. Great River Road passes 75 miles off. 96 named places lie within 25 miles, 29 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 111 m
How to reach it
- 74.8 mi off the Great River Road, National
96 named places within 25 miles
- Bee Hill: 1.3 mi
- Fuse Hill: 4.1 mi
- Wolf Mountain: 11.3 mi
- Mulvinia Hill: 13.1 mi
- Cataract Hill: 13.1 mi
- Malden Spring: 3.9 mi
- Twin Spring: 4.8 mi
- Fiddler Spring: 15.1 mi
- Mitchel Spring: 15.1 mi
- Conner Spring: 15.4 mi
- Tucker: 3.4 mi
- Bennett: 5.0 mi
- Pleasant Grove: 5.1 mi
- Barren: 9.5 mi
- Dryden: 9.6 mi
- Deer Leap Recreation Area: 3.3 mi
- Float Camp Recreation Area: 4.2 mi
- Ripley Lake Recreation Area: 4.3 mi
- Hart-Lynch Park: 15.3 mi
- Hufstedler's Canoe Rental: 16.1 mi
- Deer Leap: 3.7 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 6.0 mi
- Pine Bluff: 6.6 mi
- Tunnel Bluff: 7.1 mi
- Tunnel Bluff: 7.1 mi
- Overcup Fen Natural Area: 7.3 mi
- Fern Nook Natural Area: 9.9 mi
- Greenville Ford Public Fishing Access: 10.3 mi
- Float Camp: 4.1 mi
- Picnic Area: 23.6 mi
- Big Spring: 17.0 mi
- Ellsinore Pioneer Museum: 17.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Compton Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Mountain | NNE 17° | 295 m | 24.5 mi |
| Mosby Hill | WNW 283° | 294 m | 20.8 mi |
| Wolf Mountain | WSW 240° | 281 m | 11.3 mi |
| Green Mountain | NW 313° | 275 m | 20.9 mi |
| Bald Hill | SW 233° | 251 m | 14.1 mi |
| Conner Hill | W 265° | 239 m | 14.6 mi |
| Turkey Knob | WSW 257° | 234 m | 13.7 mi |
| Windes Hill | NW 323° | 231 m | 23.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:42 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 19:48 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:28 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:12 | 16:52 |
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 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 70 | 58 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Doniphan, 9 mi away.
- common selfheal1 obs
- Eastern Eyed Click Beetle1 obs
- Three-toed Box Turtle1 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/358065850
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