Ferd B. Lang Park
Ferd B. Lang Park is a park in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 136 m. Tavern Rock stands 272 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Arnold Historical Society Museum, a museum 0.5 miles away. Great River Road - Missouri passes 0.5 miles off. 25 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Arnold, Missouri
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Great River Road - Missouri
- 8.2 mi off the Historic Route 66 - MO
- 9.8 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 17.9 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Elk Hollow · 11 mi
- Mississippi River Overlook · 18 mi
- Bird Viewing Blind · 18 mi
- Observation Blind · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Arnold Historical Society Museum: 0.5 mi
- Mastodon State Historic Site: 3.6 mi
- Fenton History Museum: 6.4 mi
- Jeffeson Barracks Ordnance Museum: 7.6 mi
- Missouri Civil War Museum: 7.7 mi
- Pomme Creek Park: 1.3 mi
- Strawberry Creek Nature Area: 1.7 mi
- Ronquest Field: 1.7 mi
- Lower Meramec Park: 1.8 mi
- Arnold City Park: 2.4 mi
- Pink Elephant: 3.3 mi
- Busch Estate Carriage Rides: 8.4 mi
- Grant's Farm Parking Lot: 8.5 mi
- Budd RDC-1 ITAX #54: 10.5 mi
- talian State Railways Ferrovie Dello Stato: 10.5 mi
- Ruins: 4.4 mi
- Frisco Hill Stone: 4.8 mi
- Heroes Memorial: 7.1 mi
- To the Confederate Dead: 7.4 mi
- Fort Belofontaine Monument: 7.6 mi
- Minnesota Monument: 7.5 mi
- Minuteman: 7.8 mi
- Donut No. 3: 8.1 mi
- Cores for Laumeier: 8.1 mi
- Heritage Schooner for Debra Lakin: 8.1 mi
- Dupo Community Garden: 11.3 mi
- Star Garden: 13.3 mi
- Star Garden: 13.3 mi
- Marti Frumhoff Memorial Garden: 13.5 mi
- McCausland Community Garden: 13.6 mi
- Teszars Woods Conservation Area: 2.5 mi
- Tweed Prairie: 5.7 mi
- Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center: 8.8 mi
- Forest 44 Conservation Area: 9.9 mi
- Salt Lick Point Land and Water Reserve: 9.9 mi
- Frisco Hill: 4.8 mi
- Oklahoma Hill: 9.7 mi
- Antire Hill: 10.7 mi
- Potato Hill: 11.6 mi
- Bald Hill: 13.6 mi
- Countrylane Woods II Picnic Area: 11.1 mi
- Picnic Tables: 11.4 mi
- Picnic Site 2: 13.1 mi
- Picnic Site 1: 13.1 mi
- Picnic Site 5: 13.3 mi
- Main Spring: 9.5 mi
- Smizer Mill Spring: 9.7 mi
- Horse Spring: 9.8 mi
- Indian Spring: 10.3 mi
- Bright Spring: 10.5 mi
- Broadway: 10.3 mi
- Goldman: 11.7 mi
- Times Beach: 12.8 mi
- Calvey: 22.8 mi
- Wise Falls: 15.4 mi
- Deer Lake Riffles: 15.8 mi
- Dripping Springs: 20.0 mi
- Climbing Area: 18.2 mi
- Shelter bluff: 18.3 mi
- Vilhauer Bluff: 21.7 mi
- Stone Arch: 14.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ferd B. Lang Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tavern Rock | WNW 302° | 272 m | 23.1 mi |
| Chinkapin Hill | W 261° | 262 m | 16.6 mi |
| Buck Knob | S 174° | 259 m | 15.4 mi |
| Herman's Hilltop | W 261° | 248 m | 16.3 mi |
| Frisco Hill | SW 230° | 247 m | 4.8 mi |
| North LaBarque Hill | W 262° | 247 m | 17.2 mi |
| South LaBarque Hill | W 261° | 244 m | 17.3 mi |
| Antire Hill | WNW 303° | 237 m | 10.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:50 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:25 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 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 | 45 | 56 | 65 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 46 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.5 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Festus, 14 mi away.
- Hackberry Emperor86 obs
- Eastern Tailed-Blue69 obs
- Fiery Skipper64 obs
- Common Whitetail64 obs
- Pearl Crescent56 obs
- Common Buckeye54 obs
- Red-spotted Admiral46 obs
- Zabulon Skipper45 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 way/747113456
Day trips start here
- Cahokia · 14 mi
- St. Louis County · 15 mi
- St. Louis · 16 mi
- East St. Louis · 19 mi
- Fairmont City · 22 mi
- Ferguson · 22 mi
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