Watercress Spring Picnic Grounds
Watercress Spring Picnic Grounds is a park in Missouri, at a recorded elevation of 141 m. Clark Mountain stands 439 m to the northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Watercress Spring Camp, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Great River Road passes 87 miles off. 161 named places lie within 25 miles, 44 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 141 m
How to reach it
- 87.4 mi off the Great River Road, National
161 named places within 25 miles
- Retort Hill: 7.4 mi
- Windes Hill: 8.4 mi
- Cataract Hill: 8.6 mi
- Little Thorny Mountain: 9.2 mi
- Roebell Mountain: 9.7 mi
- Big Spring: 3.6 mi
- Mint Spring: 4.3 mi
- Mill Creek Spring: 5.0 mi
- Gravel Spring: 9.0 mi
- Blue Spring: 13.9 mi
- Bass Rock: 0.5 mi
- Paint Rock Bluff: 9.0 mi
- Cardareva Bluff: 10.7 mi
- Cardareva Bluff: 10.8 mi
- Kelley Bluff: 12.5 mi
- Watercress Spring Camp: 0.0 mi
- Chilton Creek Campsite: 4.6 mi
- Miller Community Lake State Wildlife Area: 7.1 mi
- Peck Ranch State Wildlife Management Area: 7.9 mi
- Logyard Campsite: 10.0 mi
- Powder Mill Cave Natural Area: 15.7 mi
- Joshua T. Chilton Memorial Access: 21.2 mi
- Overcup Fen Natural Area: 21.7 mi
- Fern Nook Natural Area: 22.3 mi
- Greenville Ford Public Fishing Access: 23.5 mi
- Skyline Roadside Park: 19.9 mi
- Picnic Area: 22.4 mi
- Float Camp: 24.4 mi
- Beach 2: 20.7 mi
- Beach 3: 20.7 mi
- Beach 3: 20.8 mi
- Big Spring: 3.6 mi
- Cross Country Trail Rides: 21.0 mi
- Rocky Falls: 12.3 mi
- Ellsinore Pioneer Museum: 15.7 mi
- Horseshoe Horse: 21.4 mi
- Jesse James 1st train robbery: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Watercress Spring Picnic Grounds. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Mountain | NE 56° | 439 m | 23.7 mi |
| Stegall Mountain | WNW 299° | 409 m | 11.3 mi |
| Thorny Mountain | NW 307° | 405 m | 10.9 mi |
| Mule Mountain | WNW 295° | 403 m | 12.4 mi |
| Finley Mountain | NE 48° | 386 m | 21.2 mi |
| Wildcat Mountain | NW 318° | 385 m | 17.5 mi |
| Coot Mountain | NW 313° | 379 m | 17.5 mi |
| Tip Top Mountain | NW 316° | 377 m | 23.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:42 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 19:49 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:11 | 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 | 33 | 38 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 79 | 77 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clearwater DAM, 16 mi away.
- Shadow Bass14 obs
- eastern redbud6 obs
- Rainbow Darter5 obs
- Blanchard's Cricket Frog5 obs
- cut-leaved toothwort4 obs
- lyreleaf sage4 obs
- American persimmon4 obs
- Banded Sculpin4 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/358066794
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