Osage Village State Historic Site
Osage Village State Historic Site is a park in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 248 m. Long Mound stands 300 m to the north, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Pepper Hill, a peak 1.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 74 miles off. 86 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Missouri State Parks
How to reach it
- 73.8 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 27.0 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
86 named places within 25 miles
- Pepper Hill: 1.1 mi
- Blue Mound: 1.7 mi
- Timber Hill: 6.1 mi
- Deer Mound: 6.3 mi
- Hammer Hill: 9.0 mi
- Fair Haven City Park: 1.9 mi
- Cephas Ford Public Access: 8.0 mi
- Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Panther Creek Unit: 9.3 mi
- Prospect Park: 11.2 mi
- Park Place: 11.7 mi
- Donia: 9.0 mi
- Greene Springs: 11.4 mi
- Pashaw: 11.6 mi
- Shobe: 14.0 mi
- Peru: 14.6 mi
- Halley Bluffs: 3.8 mi
- Belvoir Bluffs: 4.8 mi
- Rock House Bluff: 15.0 mi
- Smith Bluff: 20.2 mi
- Lutz Bluff: 22.6 mi
- Big Mouth: 11.5 mi
- Rich Hill Caboose: 11.6 mi
- Disabled American Veterans Monument: 20.3 mi
- First Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry Statue: 20.3 mi
- Bates County Veterans Tribute: 20.3 mi
- Balltown Access: 10.4 mi
- Ripgut Prairie Natural Area: 11.6 mi
- Old Town State Access Area: 14.0 mi
- Harmony Mission Lake Conservation Area: 14.0 mi
- El Dorado Springs Historical Spring: 12.4 mi
- Bates County Museum: 21.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Osage Village State Historic Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Mound | N 352° | 300 m | 24.7 mi |
| Vetters Hill | WSW 244° | 297 m | 24.8 mi |
| Round Mound | N 354° | 295 m | 24.4 mi |
| Spangler Hill | ESE 101° | 293 m | 22.7 mi |
| Mayes Hill | ESE 109° | 291 m | 21.3 mi |
| Marland Hill | ESE 107° | 284 m | 24.4 mi |
| Reader Hill | E 86° | 283 m | 20.0 mi |
| Blue Mound | NNW 346° | 282 m | 1.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:04 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:20 | 17:01 |
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 | 32 | 37 | 46 | 56 | 65 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 69 | 58 | 46 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 5.4 | 6.9 | 5.7 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eldorado Springs, 13 mi away.
- Huron Skipper4 obs
- Monarch2 obs
- smooth sumac2 obs
- eastern gamagrass2 obs
- Eastern Meadowlark1 obs
- Dickcissel1 obs
- Common Buckeye1 obs
- Painted Lady1 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.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 66000425OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/760064139
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