Kirkwood Park
Kirkwood Park is a park in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 399 m. North View Hill stands 444 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Major General Sterling Price, a artwork 0.6 miles away. Historic Route 66 - MO passes 2.7 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the Historic Route 66 - MO
Named places within 25 miles
- Lone Pine Park: 0.7 mi
- Eugene Field Park: 0.9 mi
- Oak Grove Park: 1.0 mi
- Meador Park: 1.1 mi
- Ray Kelly Park: 1.1 mi
- Springfield Art Museum: 1.8 mi
- NRA National Sporting Arms Museum: 2.5 mi
- History on the Square: 3.2 mi
- History Museum on the Square: 3.3 mi
- Pedalers Bicycle Museum: 4.3 mi
- Bloody Hill: 10.1 mi
- Fair Grove Mound: 14.4 mi
- North View Hill: 16.2 mi
- Henley Knob: 17.7 mi
- Lucas Knob: 18.6 mi
- Xeriscape Garden: 1.6 mi
- Drury Prairie: 3.3 mi
- MSC Garden: 3.4 mi
- FSC Circle: 3.7 mi
- Mizumoto Japanese Stroll Garden: 3.9 mi
- Compton: 12.5 mi
- Holman: 12.9 mi
- Velsor: 16.0 mi
- Possum Trot: 16.7 mi
- Lawing: 17.9 mi
- Garrison Spring & Gardens: 11.1 mi
- Olie Lasley Spring: 13.0 mi
- Cave Spring: 15.4 mi
- Brown Spring: 15.7 mi
- Cash Spring: 18.1 mi
- Major General Sterling Price: 0.6 mi
- Big Kraft Macaroni: 1.0 mi
- Sun Target II: 1.7 mi
- Drury Panther Statue: 3.6 mi
- World's Largest Fork: 4.4 mi
- East Saint Louis Street: 2.5 mi
- 1984: 3.0 mi
- Ozarks Empire Fairgrounds: 6.1 mi
- Fantastic Caverns: 9.7 mi
- Hubble Spacecraft Statue: 22.1 mi
- Fellows Lake Recreation Area: 9.9 mi
- Little Sac Woods Conservation Area: 16.8 mi
- Pearl Creek Farm: 17.9 mi
- Busiek State Forest and Wildlife Area: 21.5 mi
- Schuette Prairie: 24.6 mi
- Living Memorial: 2.8 mi
- Vietnam Memorial Garden: 4.3 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr Memorial: 8.9 mi
- Chateau Charmant: 19.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kirkwood Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North View Hill | ENE 57° | 444 m | 16.2 mi |
| Fair Grove Mound | NNE 22° | 438 m | 14.4 mi |
| Turnip Knob | SE 135° | 409 m | 21.2 mi |
| Goodnight Knob | N 6° | 404 m | 18.9 mi |
| Lucas Knob | N 11° | 402 m | 18.6 mi |
| Henley Knob | N 9° | 394 m | 17.7 mi |
| Hooten Hill | SSW 206° | 390 m | 18.9 mi |
| Tater Hill | SE 143° | 387 m | 24.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 19:58 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:19 | 17:00 |
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 | 33 | 37 | 46 | 56 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 46 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 5.2 | 6.0 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Springfield WBO, 3 mi away.
- Monarch57 obs
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee42 obs
- Western Honey Bee38 obs
- Eastern Carpenter Bee29 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee25 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel22 obs
- North American Wheel Bug21 obs
- Bold Jumping Spider21 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.
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