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Cote Sans Dessein

Cote Sans Dessein from directly overhead

Cote Sans Dessein is a ghost town in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 186 m. Pilot Knob stands 300 m to the south-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Cote Sans Dessin, a attraction 0.4 miles away. Great River Road passes 76 miles off. 128 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.

human settlement in Missouri, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates38.58788, -91.98696

128 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 48
  • Clark's Hill/Norton State Historic Site: 2.9 mi
  • Countryside Park: 6.4 mi
  • Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge St. Auberts Island Unit: 7.6 mi
  • Hibernia Station Park: 8.2 mi
  • Holts Summit Park: 8.4 mi
Nature reserves: 25
Historic sites: 11
  • Cole County War Memorial: 9.9 mi
  • Soldiers' Memorial Plaza: 10.0 mi
  • Missouri Veterans Memorial: 10.0 mi
  • Lewis and Clark Memorial: 10.0 mi
  • Louisiana Purchase Monument: 10.0 mi
Cliffs: 11
Museums: 9
Ghost towns: 7
Peaks: 7
  • Grapevine Hill: 6.9 mi
  • Hood Hill: 20.3 mi
  • Pilot Knob: 20.5 mi
  • High Point Hill: 23.0 mi
  • Smith Hill: 23.1 mi
Attractions: 4
  • Cote Sans Dessin: 0.4 mi
  • Missouri State Penitentiary Tours: 9.5 mi
  • Missouri Governor's Mansion Tours: 9.9 mi
  • Hydrofoil Pier: 24.1 mi
Artworks: 3
  • Sonny Liston Portrait: 9.5 mi
  • Thomas Jefferson: 10.1 mi
  • Winston Churchill Entrance Statue: 18.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Binder Lake Pavilion & Bait Shop (Seasonal): 17.2 mi
Springs: 1
  • Meyers Spring: 19.3 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Memorial Garden: 23.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pilot KnobSSE 150°300 m20.5 mi
Cave HillESE 107°280 m23.8 mi
High Point HillSSW 203°279 m23.0 mi
Thompson HillSSW 204°252 m24.3 mi
Grapevine HillS 175°232 m6.9 mi
Smith HillESE 124°228 m23.1 mi
Hood HillESE 122°206 m20.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4519:5720:36
September equinox06:5618:3219:07
December solstice07:2316:0916:51

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323746576675797769584636
Precip in2.01.92.84.44.93.64.43.63.73.42.82.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jefferson City MEM AP, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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