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Baxter

Baxter from directly overhead

Baxter is a ghost town in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 84 m. Indian Mound stands 96 m to the east-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Cotton Bell Park, a park 3.7 miles away. Great River Road passes 26 miles off. 62 named places lie within 25 miles.

human settlement in Missouri, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates36.51089, -89.93176

62 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 28
  • Cotton Bell Park: 3.7 mi
  • Martin Luther King Jr Park: 4.5 mi
  • Morris State Park: 6.6 mi
  • Tammy Wynette Park: 6.9 mi
  • Walker McCutchen Jim Morris Park: 8.4 mi
Ghost towns: 13
Museums: 8
  • Malden Army Airfield Museum: 6.9 mi
  • Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center: 17.2 mi
  • Pfeiffer Museum: 17.2 mi
  • Hemingway-Pfieffer Museum: 17.3 mi
  • Dexter Welcome Center Depot and Museum: 19.6 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Missouri Welcome Center: 18.8 mi
  • Marston Rest Area (Southbound): 18.8 mi
  • Truck Parking: 19.0 mi
  • Hayti Rest Area (Northbound): 21.2 mi
  • Missouri Welcome Center: 21.3 mi
Cliffs: 3
Historic sites: 1
  • Veterans Wall of Honor: 6.9 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Peaks: 1
  • Indian Mound: 19.5 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Caboose: 19.6 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Community Garden: 19.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Indian MoundENE 77°96 m19.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3819:12
June solstice05:4319:4420:22
September equinox06:4818:2418:58
December solstice07:0916:0816:48

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F364149607079828073614940
Precip in3.23.74.55.45.23.64.23.03.23.54.54.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Malden Muni AP, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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