Fairground Park
Fairground Park is a park in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 151 m. Frisco Hill stands 247 m to the south-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Reframing Narratives, a artwork 0.6 miles away. Historic Route 66 - MO passes 2.9 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1909-10-09
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of St. Louis
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 2.9 mi off the Historic Route 66 - MO
- 2.5 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 3.3 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 3.4 mi off the Historic National Road - Illinois, National
Overlooks nearby
- Mississippi River Overlook · 4 mi
- Mounted Binculors · 7 mi
- Mississippi & Missouri River Confluence Point · 12 mi
- Blind · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Reframing Narratives: 0.6 mi
- The Firecracker Press: 1.7 mi
- Dr. Carver - The People's Scientist: 1.7 mi
- Nijinski Hare: 1.8 mi
- Joe: 1.9 mi
- Jeffvanderlou Rain Garden: 0.7 mi
- Evans Avenue Urban Farm: 1.3 mi
- Hebert Street Community Garden: 1.4 mi
- Metropolitan Village Garden: 1.8 mi
- New Roots Urban Farm: 1.8 mi
- Rumbold Park: 0.9 mi
- Tandy Park: 1.0 mi
- O'Fallon Park: 1.0 mi
- Hyde Park: 1.1 mi
- Yeatman Square Park: 1.2 mi
- The Griot Museum of Black History: 1.1 mi
- George B. Vashon Museum: 1.2 mi
- Shelley House: 1.3 mi
- Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis: 1.9 mi
- Pulitzer Arts Foundation: 1.9 mi
- Freedom Crossing Marker: 1.8 mi
- King Louis IX of France: 2.0 mi
- Pius XII: 2.1 mi
- Virgin Mary: 2.1 mi
- Robert Frost poet 1874-1963: 2.1 mi
- The St. Louis Wheel: 2.7 mi
- Wave Swinger: 2.7 mi
- Flying Louie Pirate Ship: 2.7 mi
- Loco Motion Mini Spinning Coaster: 2.8 mi
- Forest Park Fish Hatchery: 3.2 mi
- GHV Terrace Garden: 3.6 mi
- Bellefontaine Conservation Area: 6.8 mi
- Horseshoe Lake State Park: 7.5 mi
- Little Creek Nature Area: 8.3 mi
- Little Creek: 8.5 mi
- Picnic Ground 3: 4.1 mi
- Williams Family Solar Pavilion: 4.2 mi
- Gus Fogt Picnic Site: 4.6 mi
- Concession Picnic Site: 4.6 mi
- Tunica Picnic Site: 4.7 mi
- Big Mound (Historical): 2.5 mi
- Government Hill: 4.0 mi
- Art Hill: 4.3 mi
- Monks Mound: 8.6 mi
- Rattlesnake Mound: 8.6 mi
- Cabanne Spring: 3.1 mi
- Headwaters: 4.5 mi
- Caroline Loughlin Fountain: 4.6 mi
- Webster Retention Pond Seep: 8.5 mi
- Falling Spring: 9.6 mi
- Wise Falls: 3.4 mi
- Deer Lake Riffles: 3.5 mi
- Dripping Springs: 14.3 mi
- Creek Trek Waterfall: 17.6 mi
- Beaver Falls: 17.6 mi
- Broadway: 8.8 mi
- Columbia Bottom Conservation Area: 10.5 mi
- Machens: 17.5 mi
- Wilkie: 18.2 mi
- Times Beach: 23.3 mi
- Vilhauer Bluff: 7.3 mi
- La Charbonier Bluff: 13.8 mi
- Old Keller Quary: 23.7 mi
- Shelter Bluff: 24.6 mi
- Homestead Rest Area - Northbound: 24.1 mi
- Homestead Rest Area - Southbound: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fairground Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frisco Hill | SSW 213° | 247 m | 23.2 mi |
| Antire Hill | WSW 240° | 237 m | 20.8 mi |
| Clarks Mound | SE 126° | 196 m | 10.1 mi |
| Two Story Hill | NW 310° | 188 m | 23.9 mi |
| Turkey Hill | SE 128° | 185 m | 22.0 mi |
| Fox Hill | ENE 77° | 182 m | 11.8 mi |
| Browns Mound | E 81° | 174 m | 17.3 mi |
| Neudeckers Mountain | ENE 69° | 171 m | 24.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:50 | 20:30 |
| 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–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 37 | 47 | 58 | 68 | 77 | 81 | 79 | 72 | 60 | 48 | 37 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Louis SCI CTR, 4 mi away.
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee209 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee207 obs
- Western Honey Bee159 obs
- Eastern Carpenter Bee137 obs
- American Bumble Bee69 obs
- Ligated Furrow Bee50 obs
- Great Egret48 obs
- Black-and-gold Bumble Bee40 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/28996459
Day trips start here
- St. Louis · 3 mi
- Granite City · 5 mi
- East St. Louis · 6 mi
- Cahokia · 7 mi
- Fairmont City · 7 mi
- Ferguson · 7 mi
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