Scotia Demonstration Area
Scotia Demonstration Area is a park in Missouri, at a recorded elevation of 429 m. Goggins Mountain stands 452 m to the east, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Tower Hill, a peak 2.7 miles away. Great River Road passes 74 miles off. 123 named places lie within 25 miles, 23 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 429 m
How to reach it
- 74.4 mi off the Great River Road, National
123 named places within 25 miles
- Howes Mill Spring: 7.9 mi
- Wishing Spring: 8.6 mi
- Rock Spring: 10.0 mi
- Gamblin Spring: 10.3 mi
- Rattlesnake Spring: 10.6 mi
- Tower Hill: 2.7 mi
- Ball Hill: 4.8 mi
- Red Hill: 4.9 mi
- Crooked Hill: 12.9 mi
- Bald Knob: 13.2 mi
- Sinkin Experimental Forest: 4.0 mi
- Loggers Lake Recreation Area: 10.3 mi
- Jadwin Community Center Grounds: 13.8 mi
- Center Street Park: 14.1 mi
- Bonebrake: 14.3 mi
- Panther Bluff: 15.1 mi
- Echo Bluff: 15.7 mi
- Upper Dugan Bluff: 15.9 mi
- Lower Dugan Bluff: 16.5 mi
- Sutton Bluff: 17.3 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 13.3 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 14.5 mi
- SHS Tiger Tank: 14.9 mi
- SHS Football: 15.0 mi
- Ozark Trail Southern John Roth Memorial: 15.3 mi
- The Deer Statue: 14.0 mi
- The Gassy Pig: 14.1 mi
- The Gassy Pig: 14.1 mi
- Welch Spring: 16.9 mi
- Shawnee Mac Lakes Conservation Area: 13.3 mi
- Cedar Grove Conservation Area: 16.5 mi
- Powder Mill Cave Natural Area: 24.8 mi
- Turner Natural Bridge: 12.2 mi
- Round Spring Natural Bridge: 17.8 mi
- Dent county museum: 14.1 mi
- Bonebrake Center of Nature and History: 14.2 mi
- Sinking Creek Day Use Area: 16.4 mi
- Round Spring: 17.9 mi
- Pulltite: 16.1 mi
- Wolf Pen Hollow Waterfall: 18.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Scotia Demonstration Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goggins Mountain | E 88° | 452 m | 23.5 mi |
| Red Hill | ESE 117° | 410 m | 4.9 mi |
| Crooked Hill | N 11° | 410 m | 12.9 mi |
| Sullivan Hill | NNE 16° | 410 m | 17.7 mi |
| Camels Hump | N 5° | 406 m | 16.4 mi |
| Hedley Knob | NNE 16° | 404 m | 16.7 mi |
| Tower Hill | WNW 290° | 400 m | 2.7 mi |
| Bald Knob | NNE 22° | 392 m | 18.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 19:51 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:29 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:10 | 16:51 |
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 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 57 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salem, 14 mi away.
- Tearful Underwing7 obs
- Ilia Underwing5 obs
- Oak Treehopper3 obs
- climbing prairie rose3 obs
- Barn Swallow2 obs
- North American Luna Moth2 obs
- ragged fringed orchid2 obs
- purple milkweed2 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/358066315
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