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Victor's Point Roadside Park

Victor's Point Roadside Park from directly overhead

Victor's Point Roadside Park is a rest area in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 235 m. Long Knob stands 267 m to the southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Busch, a ghost town 0.9 miles away. Great River Road - Missouri runs past it. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Missouri Department of Transportation

How to reach it

Coordinates39.58937, -91.20424

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Grubb Hollow Prairie Nature Preserve: 7.0 mi
  • Hull City Park: 8.1 mi
  • Hull Park: 8.3 mi
  • Frankford City Park: 9.1 mi
  • Ted Shanks Wildlife Management Area: 9.3 mi
Peaks: 20
  • Pickerton Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Lookout Mountain: 4.3 mi
  • Cardiff Hill: 12.2 mi
  • Holliday Hill: 12.2 mi
  • Harrison Hill: 13.0 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Museums: 9
  • Mark Twain Museum & Gallery: 11.6 mi
  • Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum: 11.8 mi
  • Jim's Journey: The Huck Finn Freedom Center: 11.9 mi
  • Jim's Journey: 11.9 mi
  • Molly Brown Birthplace & Museum: 12.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
Picnic sites: 2
Artworks: 2
  • Mark Twain Steamboat Pilot: 11.7 mi
  • Tom & Huck Statue: 11.8 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Kristy's Garden: 11.7 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Spalding Beach: 24.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Long KnobSE267 m19.6 mi
Tower KnobSE259 m22.7 mi
The MoundNE257 m19.2 mi
Bethlehem KnobSE256 m19.9 mi
Pickerton HillS251 m3.7 mi
Page KnobSE251 m19.6 mi
Wilcoxen KnobSE250 m19.9 mi
Robert HillSE250 m21.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4219:17
June solstice05:3819:5620:36
September equinox06:5318:2819:04
December solstice07:2316:0216:45

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293343556575797769584534
Precip in1.92.02.73.94.74.44.03.53.82.92.62.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Saverton L&D 22, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1349644750

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