Cuba
Cuba is a ghost town in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 265 m. Mound Bogard stands 290 m to the north-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Baltimore Bend Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Sho-Me Santa Fe Trails passes 1.3 miles off. 94 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.
human settlement in Lafayette County, Missouri
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the Sho-Me Santa Fe Trails
- 12.9 mi off the Old Trails Road
94 named places within 25 miles
- Buckland Roadside Park: 3.7 mi
- Waverly Memorial Park: 4.5 mi
- Dover Community Park: 4.6 mi
- General Joe Shelby Park: 5.0 mi
- Norborne City Park: 6.7 mi
- Baltimore Bend Conservation Area: 0.4 mi
- Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Baltimore Bottom Unit: 2.4 mi
- Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Cranberry Bend Unit: 6.9 mi
- W.L. Schifferdecker Memorial Conservation Area: 11.5 mi
- Malta Bend Community Lake: 12.3 mi
- Confederate Soldiers' Monument: 10.2 mi
- Douglas School: 11.2 mi
- old fountain: 11.5 mi
- Lafayette County War Memorial: 15.2 mi
- Veterans War Memorial: 16.4 mi
- Shields Hill: 13.3 mi
- Mound Bogard: 17.7 mi
- Bryant Knob: 21.9 mi
- Coppers Hill: 22.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Hill: 22.5 mi
- Wakenda: 14.2 mi
- Blosser: 17.6 mi
- Fortyville: 18.1 mi
- Quote: 22.6 mi
- Ovid: 22.6 mi
- Carroll County Historical Museum: 12.2 mi
- Ray County Museum: 20.6 mi
- Jim the Wonder Dog Museum: 23.1 mi
- Nicolas-Beazley Aviation Museum / Martin Community Center: 23.7 mi
- Madonna of the Trail statue: 14.9 mi
- Statue of Liberty Replica: 24.5 mi
- Concordia Rest Area Westbound: 15.4 mi
- Concordia Rest Area Eastbound: 15.6 mi
- Mayview Community Garden: 16.5 mi
- Gabriella's Garden: 20.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cuba. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mound Bogard | NNE 13° | 290 m | 17.7 mi |
| Bryant Knob | WSW 246° | 275 m | 21.9 mi |
| Long Tater Hill | N 10° | 273 m | 22.6 mi |
| Cooks Knob | S 169° | 268 m | 24.6 mi |
| Round Tater Hill | N 11° | 252 m | 22.7 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | S 187° | 247 m | 22.5 mi |
| Shields Hill | NE 52° | 241 m | 13.3 mi |
| Coppers Hill | SE 142° | 220 m | 22.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:51 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 20:05 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:13 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 33 | 44 | 54 | 65 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 44 | 34 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waverly, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
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