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Rockwoods Range Conservation Area

Rockwoods Range Conservation Area from directly overhead

Rockwoods Range Conservation Area is a park in Missouri, at a recorded elevation of 204 m. Tavern Rock stands 272 m to the north-northwest, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is High Point St. Louis County, a peak 1.0 miles away. Historic Route 66 - MO passes 1.4 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
204 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates38.52394, -90.69568

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Parks
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums: 39
Gardens: 26
Picnic sites: 21
Peaks: 19
  • High Point St. Louis County: 1.0 mi
  • Jensen's Point: 3.2 mi
  • Lost Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Sand Mountain: 3.8 mi
  • Bald Hill: 4.4 mi
Springs: 18
  • Rockwood Spring: 3.3 mi
  • Zombie Road Spring: 5.1 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 6.3 mi
  • Hoene Spring House: 6.7 mi
  • Babler Spring: 7.3 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Beaches: 5
  • Twimsberg Beach: 23.6 mi
  • Wunderblick Beach: 23.9 mi
  • Seebach Beach: 24.1 mi
  • Geneva Beach: 24.3 mi
  • Lionshead Beach: 24.4 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Dripping Springs: 17.4 mi
  • Deer Lake Riffles: 24.0 mi
  • Wise Falls: 24.3 mi
Cliffs: 2
  • Shelter bluff: 3.4 mi
  • Climbing Area: 3.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Saint Clair Rest Area (Westbound): 23.8 mi
  • Saint Clair Rest Area (Eastbound): 23.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tavern RockNNW 331°272 m6.4 mi
Chinkapin HillS 178°262 m9.2 mi
Herman's HilltopS 176°248 m9.0 mi
North LaBarque HillS 182°247 m9.0 mi
Frisco HillSE 126°247 m16.1 mi
South LaBarque HillS 183°244 m9.1 mi
Antire HillE 95°237 m7.6 mi
Enoch KnobW 279°228 m24.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4019:15
June solstice05:4019:5120:31
September equinox06:5118:2719:02
December solstice07:1716:0416:46

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323646566675797769574536
Precip in2.42.03.54.64.64.33.33.43.03.13.32.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Louis Spirit OF ST Louis AP, 10 mi away.

  • Three-toed Box Turtle36 obs
  • Miami Mist11 obs
  • garlic mustard10 obs
  • violet woodsorrel10 obs
  • wild comfrey10 obs
  • Christmas fern9 obs
  • Eastern Beebalm9 obs
  • Carolina buckthorn9 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/358068730

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