Thurnau State Wildlife Area
Thurnau State Wildlife Area is a park in Missouri, at a recorded elevation of 264 m. Albany Hill stands 389 m to the southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Craig City Park, a park 4.2 miles away. Glacial Hills Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off. 112 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 264 m
How to reach it
- 15.7 mi off the Glacial Hills Scenic Byway
- 18.8 mi off the Heritage Highway
- 29.9 mi off the Loess Hills Scenic Byway, National
112 named places within 25 miles
- Craig City Park: 4.2 mi
- Antoine Barada Marker: 7.5 mi
- Missouri River Historical Marker: 8.4 mi
- Legion Park: 10.8 mi
- Water Tower Mini Park: 11.0 mi
- Richardson County Historical Society Museum: 11.1 mi
- Richardson County Military History Museum: 11.2 mi
- John Philip Falter Museum: 11.2 mi
- Richardson County Museum: 11.4 mi
- Museum of Missouri River History: 18.7 mi
- First Oil Well Historical Marker: 14.0 mi
- Rock Port Rest Area & Missouri Welcome Center: 16.2 mi
- Atchison County Walk of Honor: 16.8 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 22.0 mi
- Grave of Homer White: 22.0 mi
- Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge: 12.0 mi
- Hoot Owl Bend Access: 13.3 mi
- Jamerson C. McCormack Conservation Area: 14.0 mi
- Landon Bend Access: 14.7 mi
- Maitland Access: 20.1 mi
- St. Deroin: 8.5 mi
- Nishnabotna: 9.0 mi
- Oswald: 12.8 mi
- Napier: 13.3 mi
- Excelsior: 13.9 mi
- Dinosaur: 4.2 mi
- Hook-Up Towing UFO: 22.5 mi
- Perk Coffee Cup: 22.6 mi
- Spirit of Hiawatha: 22.7 mi
- Sillouette of Hiawatha: 23.2 mi
- Spirit of Brownville Pier: 18.4 mi
- Captain Meriwether Lewis: 18.6 mi
- Muir House Historical Marker: 18.9 mi
- Brownville Historical Marker: 18.9 mi
- Brown-Carson Historic House: 19.0 mi
- Brickyard Hill: 21.9 mi
- Lookout Mountain: 24.5 mi
- Albany Hill: 24.7 mi
- Piersons Point: 11.7 mi
- Rock Port Rest Area & Missouri Welcome Center: 16.2 mi
- Hiawatha Pollinator Plot: 23.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Thurnau State Wildlife Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albany Hill | SW 229° | 389 m | 24.7 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | SE 143° | 357 m | 24.5 mi |
| Brickyard Hill | NNW 342° | 344 m | 21.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:58 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:14 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:45 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:17 | 17:00 |
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 | 24 | 29 | 40 | 51 | 63 | 73 | 77 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 40 | 29 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Falls City 4NE, 8 mi away.
- clasping coneflower3 obs
- Barred Owl1 obs
- Spotted Cucumber Beetle1 obs
- Common Sunflower1 obs
- Foxtail Barley1 obs
- purple loosestrife1 obs
- horseweed1 obs
- flower-of-an-hour1 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/358043927
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