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Booth

Booth from directly overhead

Booth is a ghost town in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 262 m. Buffalo Knob stands 305 m to the east-southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is 15th St Park, a park 1.3 miles away. Great River Road passes 9.6 miles off. 82 named places lie within 25 miles, 29 of them named summits.

human settlement in Missouri, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates39.34254, -91.23237

82 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 30
  • 15th St Park: 1.3 mi
  • Cancer Memorial Park: 2.0 mi
  • Bowling Green City Park: 2.2 mi
  • Curryville City Park: 5.9 mi
  • Wallace Park: 10.5 mi
Peaks: 29
  • Buffalo Knob: 10.2 mi
  • Clinton Hill: 12.0 mi
  • Bethlehem Knob: 12.7 mi
  • Davis Knob: 12.8 mi
  • Long Knob: 12.9 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Springs: 4
  • Uncle Sammys Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Parsons Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Copper Spring: 15.0 mi
  • Lane Spring: 24.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buffalo KnobESE 114°305 m10.2 mi
Springston KnobESE 115°280 m16.2 mi
Ben Watts KnobESE 106°275 m15.8 mi
Tedlock KnobESE 116°275 m15.9 mi
Long KnobE 85°267 m12.9 mi
Dale KnobESE 112°263 m17.0 mi
Tower KnobE 92°259 m15.8 mi
Painter KnobE 97°257 m17.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4219:17
June solstice05:3919:5620:36
September equinox06:5318:2819:04
December solstice07:2216:0316:46

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273242546372767567564332
Precip in2.42.12.74.54.74.64.33.63.92.92.92.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bowling Green 1 E, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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