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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. 122 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

122 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 44
  • 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
Artworks: 3
  • Sonny Liston Portrait: 9.5 mi
  • Thomas Jefferson: 10.1 mi
  • Winston Churchill Entrance Statue: 18.2 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Cote Sans Dessin: 0.4 mi
  • Hydrofoil Pier: 24.1 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 KnobSSE300 m20.5 mi
Cave HillESE280 m23.8 mi
High Point HillSSW279 m23.0 mi
Thompson HillSSW252 m24.3 mi
Grapevine HillS232 m6.9 mi
Smith HillESE228 m23.1 mi
Hood HillESE206 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 50–80 °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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