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Asper

Asper from directly overhead

Asper is a ghost town in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 235 m. Mound Bogard stands 290 m to the south-southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Stokes Mound, a peak 1.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 185 miles off. 72 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.

human settlement in Missouri, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates39.60556, -93.47778

72 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 38
  • Hale Public Park: 7.2 mi
  • Bosworth Park: 12.2 mi
  • Corner Park: 12.3 mi
  • Bosworth R-5 Park: 12.3 mi
  • Gravesville Park: 13.0 mi
Ghost towns: 8
Peaks: 6
  • Stokes Mound: 1.2 mi
  • Round Tater Hill: 5.4 mi
  • Long Tater Hill: 5.6 mi
  • Mound Bogard: 10.1 mi
  • Shale Hill: 13.4 mi
Artworks: 3
  • Maxie, The World's Largest Goose: 12.7 mi
  • American War Mothers Memorial: 17.7 mi
  • Brookfield Pepsi-Cola Mural: 24.8 mi
Historic sites: 3
Museums: 2
  • Grand River Historical Society Museum: 14.1 mi
  • Carroll County Historical Museum: 16.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mound BogardSSW 199°290 m10.1 mi
Stokes MoundS 189°277 m1.2 mi
Long Tater HillSW 215°273 m5.6 mi
Shale HillNW 318°267 m13.4 mi
Round Tater HillSSW 211°252 m5.4 mi
Shields HillS 170°241 m18.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:5119:26
June solstice05:4720:0520:46
September equinox07:0218:3719:13
December solstice07:3216:1116:54

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F253041526373777567554131
Precip in1.31.82.93.75.45.24.74.64.43.22.31.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chillicothe 2S, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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