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Donia

Donia from directly overhead

Donia is a ghost town in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 257 m. Hyder Hill stands 297 m to the south-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Rock House Bluff, a cliff 6.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 77 miles off. 97 named places lie within 25 miles, 23 of them named summits.

human settlement in Missouri, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates37.97722, -94.04167

97 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 39
  • Historic El Dorado Park: 7.0 mi
  • El Dorado Springs City Park: 7.0 mi
  • Fair Haven City Park: 7.1 mi
  • Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge West Saint Clair Unit: 7.2 mi
  • Lion's Club Park: 7.7 mi
Peaks: 23
  • Ogles Hill: 8.4 mi
  • Hagen Hill: 8.7 mi
  • Oyer Hill: 8.8 mi
  • Grass Hill: 9.4 mi
  • Blue Mound: 9.6 mi
Cliffs: 16
Ghost towns: 10
Nature reserves: 6
Historic sites: 2
  • Big Mouth: 19.3 mi
  • Rich Hill Caboose: 19.3 mi
Springs: 1
  • El Dorado Springs Historical Spring: 7.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hyder HillSSE 159°297 m22.5 mi
Spangler HillESE 107°293 m13.9 mi
Mayes HillESE 120°291 m12.9 mi
Marland HillESE 116°284 m15.9 mi
Reader HillE 82°283 m11.1 mi
Blue MoundWNW 282°282 m9.6 mi
Oyer HillE 97°278 m8.8 mi
Eby HillESE 108°278 m14.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2118:5419:28
June solstice05:5520:0320:43
September equinox07:0518:4019:15
December solstice07:2916:2017:01

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323746566574787769584636
Precip in2.12.33.45.46.95.74.33.94.73.73.72.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eldorado Springs, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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