Ripley Lake Recreation Area
Ripley Lake Recreation Area is a park in Missouri, at a recorded elevation of 206 m. Mosby Hill stands 294 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Bee Hill, a peak 3.0 miles away. Great River Road passes 74 miles off. 96 named places lie within 25 miles, 30 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 206 m
How to reach it
- 74.1 mi off the Great River Road, National
96 named places within 25 miles
- Bee Hill: 3.0 mi
- Fuse Hill: 5.8 mi
- Wolf Mountain: 7.9 mi
- Mulvinia Hill: 8.8 mi
- Bald Hill: 10.3 mi
- Malden Spring: 4.6 mi
- Twin Spring: 7.9 mi
- Mitchel Spring: 12.5 mi
- Conner Spring: 13.2 mi
- Boze's Mill Spring: 13.3 mi
- Ponder: 5.6 mi
- Bennett: 5.7 mi
- Tucker: 7.0 mi
- Pleasant Grove: 8.8 mi
- Dryden: 11.6 mi
- Deer Leap Recreation Area: 3.9 mi
- Compton Recreation Area: 4.3 mi
- Float Camp Recreation Area: 4.6 mi
- Hart-Lynch Park: 12.3 mi
- Hufstedler's Canoe Rental: 13.3 mi
- Deer Leap: 3.8 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 6.2 mi
- Pine Bluff: 6.4 mi
- Tunnel Bluff: 10.6 mi
- Tunnel Bluff: 10.7 mi
- Overcup Fen Natural Area: 10.8 mi
- Fern Nook Natural Area: 13.5 mi
- Greenville Ford Public Fishing Access: 13.6 mi
- Float Camp: 4.6 mi
- Picnic Area: 22.7 mi
- Big Spring: 20.2 mi
- Ellsinore Pioneer Museum: 22.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ripley Lake Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mosby Hill | WNW 295° | 294 m | 19.9 mi |
| Wolf Mountain | WSW 256° | 281 m | 7.9 mi |
| Wild Cat Hill | W 276° | 281 m | 22.9 mi |
| Green Mountain | NW 324° | 275 m | 22.2 mi |
| Bald Hill | WSW 243° | 251 m | 10.3 mi |
| Conner Hill | W 281° | 239 m | 12.6 mi |
| Turkey Knob | W 273° | 234 m | 11.2 mi |
| Pinhook Hill | NE 56° | 229 m | 20.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:42 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 19:48 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:28 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:12 | 16:52 |
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 | 35 | 39 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 70 | 58 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Doniphan, 8 mi away.
- Wavy Longhorn Beetle2 obs
- Eastern Musk Turtle1 obs
- American Black Bear1 obs
- Deer Mushroom1 obs
- Reddish-brown Stag Beetle1 obs
- Fiery Searcher1 obs
- Mourning Underwing1 obs
- White Spring Moth1 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/358065650
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