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The Beach

The Beach from directly overhead

The Beach is a picnic site in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 170 m. The Pinnacles stands 212 m to the north, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Boathenge, a attraction 0.2 miles away. Great River Road passes 79 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Cooper's Landing

How to reach it

Coordinates38.81640, -92.38369

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Cascades Park: 3.9 mi
  • Lupus Park: 4.3 mi
  • Rock Bridge Memorial State Park: 5.4 mi
  • Magnolia Falls Park: 5.7 mi
  • Cosmo-Bethel Park: 6.4 mi
Artworks: 49
  • In Gratitude: 7.2 mi
  • Network: 7.6 mi
  • Statue of Liberty Replica: 9.0 mi
  • Urania: 9.1 mi
  • Tiger: 9.2 mi
Historic sites: 25
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial: 8.6 mi
  • Kuhlman Court: 9.3 mi
  • War Memorial for Engineers: 9.5 mi
  • Engineers' Shamrock: 9.5 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 9.7 mi
Museums: 16
Gardens: 16
  • Battle Garden: 8.6 mi
  • Courtyard Garden: 9.3 mi
  • Tucker Mini-Prairie Garden: 9.3 mi
  • Children's Garden: 9.4 mi
  • Sculpture Garden: 9.5 mi
Attractions: 8
  • Boathenge: 0.2 mi
  • Burr Oak: 7.2 mi
  • The Peach Tree Farm: 14.2 mi
  • Shryocks Callaway Farms: 18.8 mi
  • Missouri Governor's Mansion Tours: 20.1 mi
Springs: 3
  • Rollins Spring: 8.2 mi
  • Gum Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Big Spring: 17.4 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Cliffs: 3
Peaks: 2
  • Sled Hill: 10.1 mi
  • The Pinnacles: 22.2 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Stephens Lake Park Beach: 10.2 mi
  • Finger Lakes Swimming Beach: 19.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Boonville Rest Area Eastbound: 20.2 mi
  • Boonville Rest Area Westbound: 20.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
The PinnaclesN 8°212 m22.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:22
June solstice05:4519:5920:39
September equinox06:5818:3319:08
December solstice07:2516:1016:52

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313646566675797769584535
Precip in2.12.13.04.94.84.24.14.13.83.52.72.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Columbia Rgnl AP, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12739060623

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