Markham Spring Recreation Area
Markham Spring Recreation Area is a park in Missouri, at a recorded elevation of 122 m. Clark Mountain stands 439 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Markham Spring, a spring 0.2 miles away. Great River Road - Missouri passes 54 miles off. 123 named places lie within 25 miles, 44 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 122 m
How to reach it
- 54.1 mi off the Great River Road - Missouri
- 65.4 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Monolopy Overlook Platform · 23 mi
- Lookout/Ob Deck · 25 mi
- Lookout/Ob Deck · 25 mi
- HWY 51 Overlook · 26 mi
123 named places within 25 miles
- Bunkers Knob: 3.0 mi
- Carson Hill: 5.2 mi
- Pinhook Hill: 11.0 mi
- Bear Mountain: 11.4 mi
- Wilcox Mountain: 12.3 mi
- Greenville recreation area park: 11.5 mi
- Old Greenville Recreation Area: 11.7 mi
- Walnut Cove Recreation Area: 13.0 mi
- Pet Park: 13.2 mi
- River Road Public Use Area: 13.9 mi
- Kerrigan: 1.7 mi
- Barlow: 2.3 mi
- Upalika: 3.7 mi
- Keener Cave: 5.7 mi
- Taskee Station: 8.5 mi
- Eagle Bluff: 0.2 mi
- Eagle Bluff: 0.5 mi
- Halls Bluff: 10.4 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 11.8 mi
- Finley Bluff: 17.3 mi
- Hilliard Access: 14.9 mi
- Fern Nook Natural Area: 17.1 mi
- Greenville Ford Public Fishing Access: 17.8 mi
- Overcup Fen Natural Area: 19.3 mi
- Mingo Wilderness: 21.2 mi
- Markham Spring: 0.2 mi
- Blue Spring: 21.5 mi
- Big Spring: 21.6 mi
- Twin Spring: 24.0 mi
- Ellsinore Pioneer Museum: 8.5 mi
- Poplar Bluff Museum: 18.7 mi
- Margaret Harwell Art Museum: 19.2 mi
- Frisco Depot: 19.5 mi
- Poplar Bluff Depot: 19.6 mi
- Big Spring: 21.5 mi
- Jesse James 1st train robbery: 18.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Markham Spring Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Mountain | NNW 347° | 439 m | 15.0 mi |
| Des Arc Mountain | N 359° | 423 m | 19.4 mi |
| Mudlick Mountain | NNE 13° | 399 m | 19.9 mi |
| Rocky Mountain | N 4° | 387 m | 19.8 mi |
| Finley Mountain | NNW 335° | 386 m | 17.1 mi |
| Frenchman Hill | N 4° | 383 m | 17.1 mi |
| Aley Mountain | N 357° | 361 m | 16.6 mi |
| Green Mountain | N 8° | 336 m | 20.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:47 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:27 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:09 | 16:50 |
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 | 38 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 79 | 77 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clearwater DAM, 14 mi away.
- Chain Pickerel3 obs
- purple passionflower3 obs
- Blanchard's Cricket Frog3 obs
- Brook Darter3 obs
- Redfin Shiner3 obs
- Common Raccoon2 obs
- North American Luna Moth2 obs
- northern maidenhair fern2 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358065794
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