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Frontier Park

Frontier Park from directly overhead

Frontier Park is a park in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 133 m. Tavern Rock stands 272 m to the southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Armed Services Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Great River Road - Missouri passes 0.7 miles off. 24 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates38.77499, -90.48214

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Artworks
Museums
Parks
  • Kister Park: 0.2 mi
  • Berthold Square Park: 0.3 mi
  • Boone's Lick Park: 0.9 mi
  • Bangert Island: 1.4 mi
  • Eco Park: 1.6 mi
Attractions
  • Half court basketball: 1.0 mi
  • Whimsical Woods: 7.9 mi
  • Our Lady of the Way Shrine: 7.9 mi
  • The Factory: 9.3 mi
  • Katy Trail Completion Bell: 12.0 mi
Gardens: 56
Springs: 29
  • Burnham Spring: 3.5 mi
  • Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Twin Springs: 14.3 mi
  • Spring: 14.7 mi
  • Cabanne Spring: 14.8 mi
Picnic sites: 25
Nature reserves: 24
Peaks: 24
  • Two Story Hill: 8.9 mi
  • Lone Tree Indian Mound: 9.5 mi
  • Knolle Hill: 13.5 mi
  • Art Hill: 13.8 mi
  • Cedar Hill: 14.1 mi
Cliffs: 13
  • La Charbonier Bluff: 5.6 mi
  • Vilhauer Bluff: 9.2 mi
  • Cliff: 13.5 mi
  • Old Keller Quary: 13.8 mi
  • Shelter Bluff: 14.6 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Dripping Springs: 4.4 mi
  • Deer Lake Riffles: 14.3 mi
  • Falls: 14.3 mi
  • Falls: 14.4 mi
  • Sierra Falls: 14.5 mi
Ghost towns: 8

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tavern RockSW 231°272 m18.7 mi
Tucker KnobN 354°268 m14.4 mi
McAdams PeakNNW 347°246 m14.4 mi
McCoy HillN 357°237 m17.7 mi
Antire HillSSW 192°237 m18.5 mi
Franklin HillNNW 341°234 m22.8 mi
Dug HillN 351°221 m19.1 mi
Bald HillSSW 202°205 m21.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3919:14
June solstice05:3819:5120:31
September equinox06:5018:2619:01
December solstice07:1716:0216:44

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313544556674787669574535
Precip in2.72.93.65.15.44.44.24.13.13.53.73.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Charles ELM PT, 3 mi away.

  • American Robin39 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel26 obs
  • American pokeweed25 obs
  • Western Honey Bee22 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle20 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail17 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle17 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee17 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/469216413

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