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Old Greenville Recreation Area

Old Greenville Recreation Area from directly overhead

Old Greenville Recreation Area is a park in Missouri, at a recorded elevation of 115 m. Clark Mountain stands 439 m to the west-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Greenville recreation area park, a park 0.2 miles away. Great River Road - Missouri passes 46 miles off. 127 named places lie within 25 miles, 59 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
115 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.10144, -90.45345

Overlooks nearby

127 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 59
  • Lone Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Flynn Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Kelly Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Wilcox Mountain: 9.0 mi
  • Logan Mountain: 9.2 mi
Parks: 30
  • Greenville recreation area park: 0.2 mi
  • Lake Wappapella State Wildlife Management Area: 4.7 mi
  • Silva State Wildlife Management Area: 4.9 mi
  • Walnut Cove Recreation Area: 9.0 mi
  • Yokum School State Wildlife Area: 11.3 mi
Ghost towns: 15
Cliffs: 12
Nature reserves: 3
Museums: 3
  • Ellsinore Pioneer Museum: 19.9 mi
  • Poplar Bluff Museum: 23.4 mi
  • Margaret Harwell Art Museum: 23.8 mi
Springs: 2
  • Markham Spring: 11.8 mi
  • Blue Spring: 14.2 mi
Attractions: 2
Historic sites: 1
  • Jesse James 1st train robbery: 16.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Clark MountainWNW 299°439 m13.2 mi
Des Arc MountainNW 323°423 m14.0 mi
Cedar MountainN 10°403 m24.7 mi
Mudlick MountainNNW 341°399 m11.8 mi
Rocky MountainNNW 328°387 m13.4 mi
Finley MountainWNW 295°386 m17.2 mi
Frenchman HillNW 321°383 m11.4 mi
Rockpile MountainN 5°374 m22.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:4019:14
June solstice05:4319:4720:26
September equinox06:5018:2619:00
December solstice07:1216:0816:49

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333746576675787770584637
Precip in3.83.55.05.45.64.04.43.53.63.84.74.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wappapello DAM, 16 mi away.

  • Three-toed Box Turtle4 obs
  • DeKay's Brownsnake3 obs
  • Rainbow Darter3 obs
  • Philadelphia fleabane3 obs
  • common milkweed2 obs
  • mayapple2 obs
  • American trumpet vine2 obs
  • wild carrot2 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358065448

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