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Fort Osage National Historic Site

Fort Osage National Historic Site from directly overhead

Fort Osage National Historic Site is a park in Missouri, at a recorded elevation of 232 m. Bowler Hill stands 330 m to the south-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Hayes Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Old Trails Road passes 7.2 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
232 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.18826, -94.19282

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hayes Park: 0.4 mi
  • Heisler Park: 3.1 mi
  • River Park: 6.4 mi
  • Little Blue Trace Trailhead: 7.1 mi
  • William Landahl Park: 8.5 mi
Artworks
  • Mother and Child Sculpture: 10.4 mi
  • Quasi Arc: 10.7 mi
  • Summerfield Pillars: 10.7 mi
  • The Bike on Adam's Dairy Trail: 11.2 mi
  • Wildcat Statue: 11.3 mi
Historic sites
  • Anthony P. Mazzeralla Memorial: 10.7 mi
  • In Loving Memory of Janea Kelly, RN: 11.8 mi
  • Railroad/Rotary Park Entrance Sign: 12.3 mi
  • Skate Statue: 13.0 mi
  • Burrus' Old Mill: 13.1 mi
Attractions
Cliffs
Museums: 44
Gardens: 25
Nature reserves: 19
Peaks: 10
  • Bone Hill: 6.3 mi
  • Nebo Hill: 8.9 mi
  • Arsenal Hill: 11.5 mi
  • Sni-A-Bar Point: 12.2 mi
  • Monkey Mountain: 12.6 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Beaches: 3
  • Swimming Beach: 14.8 mi
  • Watkins Mill Beach: 15.3 mi
  • Little Platte Swim Beach: 24.6 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Tryst Falls: 13.5 mi
  • Line Creek Double Falls: 22.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Lathrop, Missouri Rest Area Northbound: 20.8 mi
  • Lathrop Truck Parking Southbound: 21.2 mi
Springs: 1
  • Pioneer Spring: 13.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fort Osage National Historic Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bowler HillSSW 208°330 m23.4 mi
Rattlesnake HillS 173°306 m17.0 mi
Wagon KnobSE 143°305 m20.9 mi
Nebo HillW 280°291 m8.9 mi
Monkey MountainS 177°289 m12.6 mi
Minter HillS 188°288 m13.0 mi
Sni-A-Bar PointS 177°286 m12.2 mi
Bone HillSSE 153°282 m6.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2118:5419:29
June solstice05:5120:0720:47
September equinox07:0518:4019:16
December solstice07:3316:1616:58

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263142526372777467544231
Precip in1.31.62.74.16.35.44.94.24.03.42.41.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Richmond 3S, 13 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Carpet Cinquefoil6 obs
  • Western Tansymustard4 obs
  • Butterweed3 obs
  • Yellow Sandshell3 obs
  • black oak2 obs
  • American sycamore2 obs
  • pineapple-weed2 obs
  • Common Vetch2 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.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 66000418OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/584740327

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