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Busch is a ghost town in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 142 m. Buffalo Knob stands 305 m to the south-southeast, 22 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. 24 named summits stand within 25 miles.

human settlement in Missouri, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates39.57972, -91.19278

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • 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: 24
  • 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
Historic sites: 10
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
Buffalo KnobSSE 161°305 m21.8 mi
Ben Watts KnobSSE 148°275 m24.6 mi
Long KnobSE 145°267 m18.7 mi
Tower KnobSE 141°259 m21.8 mi
The MoundNE 41°257 m19.3 mi
Painter KnobSE 140°257 m24.2 mi
Bethlehem KnobSE 146°256 m19.0 mi
Pickerton HillS 185°251 m3.0 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 5080 °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.

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Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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