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Mo the Mule

Mo the Mule from directly overhead

Mo the Mule is an artwork in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 254 m. Wagon Knob stands 305 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Today’s Quest, Tomorrow’s Destiny, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Old Trails Road passes 28 miles off. 98 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.

What the record says

Material
metal

How to reach it

Coordinates38.75894, -93.74311

98 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 40
  • Selmo Park: 0.1 mi
  • Blind Boone Park: 0.4 mi
  • Shepard Park: 0.8 mi
  • Lion's Lake/Culp Park: 0.9 mi
  • Nancy Anderson Children's Memorial Garden: 0.9 mi
Artworks: 12
  • Today’s Quest, Tomorrow’s Destiny: 0.1 mi
  • Introspection: 0.1 mi
  • Aluminum Tree: 0.2 mi
  • Petra: 0.3 mi
  • Sun Dance: 0.3 mi
Historic sites: 12
Gardens: 10
  • Beals Woodland and Stream Garden: 17.6 mi
  • Perennial Garden: 17.6 mi
  • Wildflower Meadow: 17.6 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 17.7 mi
  • East Lawn: 17.8 mi
Nature reserves: 9
Peaks: 7
  • Pinnacle Hill: 8.7 mi
  • Rattlesnake Hill: 10.3 mi
  • Knobs: 10.4 mi
  • Cooks Knob: 13.9 mi
  • Wagon Knob: 17.4 mi
Museums: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Concordia Rest Area Eastbound: 18.2 mi
  • Concordia Rest Area Westbound: 18.3 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wagon KnobNW 318°305 m17.4 mi
Staley MoundW 262°299 m24.8 mi
Katy trail highest pointSE 127°291 m19.0 mi
KnobsE 83°278 m10.4 mi
Cooks KnobENE 57°268 m13.9 mi
Pinnacle HillSSE 148°261 m8.7 mi
Rattlesnake HillNNE 24°247 m10.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5219:27
June solstice05:5120:0420:44
September equinox07:0318:3919:14
December solstice07:3016:1516:57

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293444556574787768564434
Precip in1.21.83.04.35.55.44.94.14.13.32.62.0

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/10088865762

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