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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. 103 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

103 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: 8
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 MountainNW 310°439 m22.6 mi
Des Arc MountainNW 324°423 m24.0 mi
Mudlick MountainNNW 334°399 m21.6 mi
Rocky MountainNNW 327°387 m23.4 mi
Frenchman HillNW 323°383 m21.4 mi
Aley MountainNW 318°361 m22.3 mi
Green MountainNNW 332°336 m23.2 mi
Logan MountainNNW 335°312 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 5080 °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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