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Chaonia

Chaonia from directly overhead

Chaonia is a ghost town in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 110 m. Clark Mountain stands 439 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Walnut Cove Recreation Area, a park 1.2 miles away. Great River Road - Missouri passes 40 miles off. 102 named places lie within 25 miles, 41 of them named summits.

human settlement in Missouri, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates36.98200, -90.35122

Overlooks nearby

102 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 41
  • Butter Shell Hill: 5.8 mi
  • Childers Hill: 6.5 mi
  • Flynn Hill: 9.6 mi
  • Bee OPress Ridge: 10.0 mi
  • Shaw Ridge: 10.2 mi
Parks: 28
Ghost towns: 15
Cliffs: 7
Museums: 3
  • Poplar Bluff Museum: 15.2 mi
  • Margaret Harwell Art Museum: 15.5 mi
  • Ellsinore Pioneer Museum: 22.1 mi
Springs: 2
  • Markham Spring: 13.9 mi
  • Blue Spring: 24.1 mi
Attractions: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Clark MountainNW439 m22.6 mi
Des Arc MountainNW423 m24.0 mi
Mudlick MountainNNW399 m21.6 mi
Rocky MountainNNW387 m23.4 mi
Frenchman HillNW383 m21.4 mi
Aley MountainNW361 m22.3 mi
Green MountainNNW336 m23.2 mi
Logan MountainNNW312 m18.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3919:13
June solstice05:4319:4620:25
September equinox06:5018:2619:00
December solstice07:1216:0816:49

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333746576675787770584637
Precip in3.83.55.05.45.64.04.43.53.63.84.74.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wappapello DAM, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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