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Busch is a ghost town in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 142 m. Ben Watts Knob stands 275 m to the south-southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Victor's Point Roadside Park, a rest area 0.9 miles away. Great River Road - Missouri passes 0.4 miles off. 122 named places lie within 25 miles, 23 of them named summits.

human settlement in Missouri, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates39.57972, -91.19278

122 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 59
  • Grubb Hollow Prairie Nature Preserve: 7.2 mi
  • Ted Shanks Wildlife Management Area: 8.4 mi
  • Hull City Park: 8.8 mi
  • Hull Park: 9.0 mi
  • Frankford City Park: 9.1 mi
Peaks: 23
  • Pickerton Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Lookout Mountain: 5.2 mi
  • Clinton Hill: 12.5 mi
  • Cardiff Hill: 13.1 mi
  • Holliday Hill: 13.1 mi
Museums: 9
  • Mark Twain Museum & Gallery: 12.5 mi
  • Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum: 12.7 mi
  • Jim's Journey: The Huck Finn Freedom Center: 12.8 mi
  • Jim's Journey: 12.8 mi
  • Molly Brown Birthplace & Museum: 12.9 mi
Ghost towns: 8
Rest areas: 3
Picnic sites: 2
Artworks: 2
  • Mark Twain Steamboat Pilot: 12.6 mi
  • Tom & Huck Statue: 12.7 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Kristy's Garden: 12.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ben Watts KnobSSE275 m24.6 mi
Long KnobSE267 m18.7 mi
Tower KnobSE259 m21.8 mi
The MoundNE257 m19.3 mi
Painter KnobSE257 m24.2 mi
Bethlehem KnobSE256 m19.0 mi
Pickerton HillS251 m3.0 mi
Page KnobSE251 m18.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4119:17
June solstice05:3819:5620:36
September equinox06:5318:2819:04
December solstice07:2316:0216:45

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293343556575797769584534
Precip in1.92.02.73.94.74.44.03.53.82.92.62.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Saverton L&D 22, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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