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Alhambra

Alhambra from directly overhead

Alhambra is a ghost town in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 137 m. Childers Hill stands 213 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Rock Knob, a peak 3.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 36 miles off. 76 named places lie within 25 miles, 18 of them named summits.

human settlement in Missouri, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates36.92944, -90.00056

Overlooks nearby

76 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 28
  • Dexter City Park: 9.0 mi
  • Duck Creek Conservation Area: 9.4 mi
  • East Park: 10.3 mi
  • Duck Creek State Wildlife Management Area: 11.4 mi
  • Dark Cypress Swamp State Wildlife Area: 12.3 mi
Peaks: 18
  • Rock Knob: 3.1 mi
  • Hodge Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Cow Knoll Ridge: 9.1 mi
  • Shaw Ridge: 9.7 mi
  • Sand Blow Ridge: 9.7 mi
Ghost towns: 11
Museums: 5
  • Dexter Welcome Center Depot and Museum: 9.6 mi
  • Malden Army Airfield Museum: 22.8 mi
  • Sikeston Depot Museum & Cultural Center: 23.0 mi
  • Margaret Harwell Art Museum: 24.7 mi
  • Poplar Bluff Museum: 24.9 mi
Cliffs: 5
Attractions: 3
Historic sites: 1
  • Veterans Wall of Honor: 22.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Childers HillWNW 300°213 m18.2 mi
Null HillN 6°174 m17.9 mi
Hodge HillW 275°154 m3.3 mi
Shoal HillNNW 339°151 m17.3 mi
Baker HillNNE 23°148 m17.2 mi
Rock KnobWNW 298°145 m3.1 mi
Bell HillNE 50°144 m24.8 mi
Cow HillNE 48°143 m15.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3819:12
June solstice05:4219:4520:23
September equinox06:4918:2418:59
December solstice07:1016:0716:48

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333746576775797770584637

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Advance 1 S, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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