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Cedar Valley

Cedar Valley from directly overhead

Cedar Valley is a ghost town in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 296 m. Black Mountain stands 633 m to the south-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Oasis Bluff, a cliff 0.5 miles away. Ozark Mountain Parkway passes 7.8 miles off.

human settlement in Missouri, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates36.54000, -93.29222

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Long Creek Park: 1.5 mi
  • Old Highway Eighty-Six Public Use Area: 2.0 mi
  • Old Highway Eighty-Six Park: 2.1 mi
  • Table Rock State Park: 2.8 mi
  • Cricket Creek Public Use Area: 4.0 mi
Peaks
Cliffs: 31
Attractions: 20
Museums: 18
  • Ralph Foster Museum: 6.1 mi
  • Gaetz Tractor Museum: 6.2 mi
  • Ripley's Believe It or Not! Odditorium: 6.8 mi
  • Hollywood Wax Museum: 6.8 mi
  • Titanic Museum: 6.8 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Historic sites: 5
  • Veteran's Grove: 5.9 mi
  • The Missouri Gold Star Families Memorial: 5.9 mi
  • Lest We Forget 9/11 Memorial: 5.9 mi
  • Ozark Medieval Fortress: 14.7 mi
  • Boone County Men Served Both Armies / Military Activity in Boone County: 23.7 mi
Beaches: 3
Picnic sites: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Scripture Garden: 6.1 mi
Springs: 1
Waterfalls: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.4 miles of Cedar Valley. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black MountainSSW 204°633 m23.4 mi
Holden MountainS 189°614 m22.3 mi
Bradshaw MountainSSW 202°609 m19.7 mi
Lone Tree MountainSSW 207°607 m22.3 mi
Needle Eye MountainS 188°606 m22.5 mi
Kennedy MountainS 170°604 m21.0 mi
Round MountainS 174°581 m21.8 mi
Anderson MountainSW 216°552 m18.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:5119:25
June solstice05:5619:5720:35
September equinox07:0218:3819:12
December solstice07:2216:2217:02

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353948576674787870594839
Precip in2.82.94.34.85.53.94.14.25.13.93.93.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Branson AP, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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