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Lafayette Park

Lafayette Park from directly overhead

Lafayette Park is a park in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 166 m. Frisco Hill stands 247 m to the southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Thomas Hart Benton, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 - MO runs past it. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
1838
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of St. Louis
Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates38.61614, -90.21627

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Attractions
Historic sites
Parks
  • Lafayette Park Historic Baseball Field: 0.1 mi
  • Fountain Park Plaza: 0.2 mi
  • Eads Square Park: 0.4 mi
  • Buder Park: 0.6 mi
  • Ray Leisure Park: 0.7 mi
Gardens: 60
  • Cook Pavilion Garden: 0.1 mi
  • McKinley Heights Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Fox Park Farm: 0.6 mi
  • Rung for Women Garden: 0.8 mi
  • English Cave Community Garden: 1.3 mi
Museums
  • Magic Chef Mansion: 1.1 mi
  • Neon Museum of Saint Louis: 1.2 mi
  • Campbell House Museum: 1.3 mi
  • The Field House Museum: 1.3 mi
  • St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame and Museum: 1.4 mi
Nature reserves: 28
Picnic sites: 22
Springs: 19
Peaks: 18
  • Big Mound (Historical): 2.4 mi
  • Government Hill: 4.0 mi
  • Art Hill: 4.5 mi
  • Clarks Mound: 8.3 mi
  • Oklahoma Hill: 8.5 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Wise Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Deer Lake Riffles: 3.8 mi
  • Dripping Springs: 15.7 mi
  • Creek Trek Waterfall: 21.0 mi
  • Beaver Falls: 21.0 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Cliffs: 3
  • Vilhauer Bluff: 10.1 mi
  • La Charbonier Bluff: 16.7 mi
  • Climbing Area: 24.7 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Stone Arch: 23.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Frisco HillSW 219°247 m20.6 mi
Antire HillWSW 249°237 m19.6 mi
Potato HillS 191°218 m23.7 mi
Bald HillWSW 248°205 m24.1 mi
Clarks MoundESE 108°196 m8.3 mi
Turkey HillESE 121°185 m19.8 mi
Fox HillENE 61°182 m12.8 mi
Browns MoundENE 70°174 m17.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3819:13
June solstice05:3719:5020:29
September equinox06:4918:2519:00
December solstice07:1616:0216:44

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333747586877817972604837
Precip in2.72.33.64.84.94.74.23.73.43.23.72.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Louis SCI CTR, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American Robin344 obs
  • White-throated Sparrow286 obs
  • Ovenbird259 obs
  • Western Honey Bee195 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee193 obs
  • Mallard154 obs
  • Tennessee Warbler141 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee138 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/43394291

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