Laumeier Sculpture Park
Laumeier Sculpture Park is a park in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 183 m. Tavern Rock stands 272 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Eye, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 - MO passes 0.3 miles off. 26 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1975
What to expect
- Operated by
- St. Louis County Parks and Recreation Department
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Historic Route 66 - MO
- 0.5 mi off the Great River Road - Missouri
- 14.0 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 13.9 mi off the Historic National Road - Illinois, National
Overlooks nearby
- Elk Hollow · 7 mi
- Bird Viewing Blind · 14 mi
- Mississippi River Overlook · 14 mi
- Mounted Binculors · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Eye: 0.1 mi
- Crete: 0.1 mi
- House of the Minotaur: 0.1 mi
- Mix (Americana): 0.1 mi
- St. Louis Project: 0.1 mi
- Watson Trail Park: 0.7 mi
- Football Sled: 0.9 mi
- Football 4 Sled: 0.9 mi
- Football 2 Sled: 0.9 mi
- Patio: 0.9 mi
- Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center: 0.8 mi
- The Magic House: 1.7 mi
- Sappington House: 2.0 mi
- The Frank Lloyd Wright House in Ebsworth Park: 2.7 mi
- Fenton History Museum: 2.7 mi
- Heroes Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Ruins: 3.9 mi
- Rosenblatt Monument: 6.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 6.2 mi
- Aggregate Processing Works Ruins: 6.4 mi
- Southern Pacific Railroad #4460: 2.8 mi
- Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad #5998: 2.8 mi
- talian State Railways Ferrovie Dello Stato: 2.8 mi
- U.S. Army #2002: 2.8 mi
- General Motors #103 Locomotive: 2.9 mi
- McCausland Community Garden: 7.4 mi
- Star Garden: 7.9 mi
- Star Garden: 7.9 mi
- Hi-Pointe Neighborhood Garden: 8.3 mi
- Old Bonhomme Elementary School Garden: 8.4 mi
- Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center: 0.6 mi
- Bittersweet Woods Conservation Area: 3.6 mi
- Phantom Forest Conservation Area: 3.6 mi
- Forest 44 Conservation Area: 6.1 mi
- Tweed Prairie: 9.4 mi
- Antire Hill: 7.9 mi
- Art Hill: 9.0 mi
- Government Hill: 9.2 mi
- Oklahoma Hill: 10.9 mi
- Frisco Hill: 11.6 mi
- Countrylane Woods II Picnic Area: 4.0 mi
- Picnic Tables: 4.7 mi
- Picnic Site 1: 5.5 mi
- Picnic Site 2: 5.5 mi
- Picnic Site 5: 5.7 mi
- Bright Spring: 4.7 mi
- Webster Retention Pond Seep: 4.7 mi
- Pettys Spring: 4.8 mi
- Smizer Mill Spring: 5.1 mi
- Horse Spring: 5.5 mi
- Broadway: 8.3 mi
- Times Beach: 10.5 mi
- Goldman: 18.4 mi
- Columbia Bottom Conservation Area: 22.9 mi
- Wilkie: 23.5 mi
- Climbing Area: 13.9 mi
- Shelter bluff: 14.1 mi
- Vilhauer Bluff: 14.1 mi
- La Charbonier Bluff: 18.4 mi
- Deer Lake Riffles: 9.8 mi
- Wise Falls: 9.8 mi
- Dripping Springs: 11.7 mi
- Stone Arch: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Laumeier Sculpture Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tavern Rock | WNW 282° | 272 m | 18.6 mi |
| Chinkapin Hill | SW 234° | 262 m | 18.5 mi |
| Buck Knob | S 173° | 259 m | 23.7 mi |
| Herman's Hilltop | SW 233° | 248 m | 18.1 mi |
| Frisco Hill | S 191° | 247 m | 11.6 mi |
| North LaBarque Hill | SW 235° | 247 m | 18.9 mi |
| South LaBarque Hill | SW 235° | 244 m | 19.0 mi |
| Antire Hill | WSW 252° | 237 m | 7.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 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–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 37 | 47 | 58 | 68 | 77 | 81 | 79 | 72 | 60 | 48 | 37 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Louis SCI CTR, 10 mi away.
- common pawpaw130 obs
- White-tailed Deer116 obs
- fragrant sumac107 obs
- Western Honey Bee105 obs
- mayapple105 obs
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee91 obs
- Virginia Springbeauty82 obs
- garlic mustard72 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/164777054
Day trips start here
- St. Louis County · 6 mi
- St. Louis · 11 mi
- Cahokia · 12 mi
- Ferguson · 15 mi
- East St. Louis · 16 mi
- St. Charles · 17 mi
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