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Thousand Hills State Park

Thousand Hills State Park from directly overhead

Thousand Hills State Park is a park in Missouri, at a recorded elevation of 248 m. Dave Hill stands 291 m to the north-northwest, 3.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Thousand Hills State Park Beach, a beach 0.7 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 156 miles off. 40 named places lie within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
248 m

What to expect

Operated by
Missouri State Parks

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.17807, -92.64431

40 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 18
  • PC Mills Park: 2.8 mi
  • FLATS Trail Head: 3.0 mi
  • Patryla Park: 3.0 mi
  • Jaycee Park: 3.3 mi
  • Red Barn Park: 3.3 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Museums: 3
Historic sites: 3
Beaches: 1
  • Thousand Hills State Park Beach: 0.7 mi
Peaks: 1
  • Dave Hill: 3.4 mi
Artworks: 1
  • ACE: 3.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Thousand Hills State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dave HillNNW 342°291 m3.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4719:23
June solstice05:4220:0320:44
September equinox06:5918:3419:09
December solstice07:3016:0516:49

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242940516271767466544130
Precip in1.42.02.74.15.85.94.94.24.23.32.31.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kirksville, 4 mi away.

  • White-tailed Deer16 obs
  • fragrant sumac12 obs
  • Blanchard's Cricket Frog12 obs
  • Turkey Vulture11 obs
  • Canada Goose9 obs
  • great mullein9 obs
  • Isabella Tiger Moth9 obs
  • autumn olive9 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 way/642707415

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