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Forest Springs

Forest Springs from directly overhead

Forest Springs is a ghost town in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 204 m. Spillman Mound stands 222 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Bunker Hill, a ghost town 11 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 123 miles off. 40 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

human settlement in Missouri, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates40.18611, -91.95528

40 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 19
  • Knox County Court Park: 11.5 mi
  • Miller Friendship Park: 11.6 mi
  • Coon Creek Roadside Park: 12.8 mi
  • Mount Pisgah Park: 18.9 mi
  • Kahoka Square: 20.4 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Museums: 4
  • Wiggins Family Museum: 21.4 mi
  • Downing House Museum: 21.9 mi
  • Boyer House Museum: 21.9 mi
  • Memphis Train Depot Museum: 21.9 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Peaks: 2
  • Spillman Mound: 15.1 mi
  • College Hill: 22.8 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • Gorin Schoolhouse Bell: 21.9 mi
  • Barnette Statue: 21.9 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Sunrise Mural: 22.0 mi
  • Pheasant Aircraft Mural: 22.0 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Attractions: 1
  • Canton CB&Q Depot: 23.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spillman MoundNW 309°222 m15.1 mi
College HillE 100°184 m22.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4419:20
June solstice05:3920:0120:41
September equinox06:5618:3119:07
December solstice07:2816:0316:46

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263142536372767466554231
Precip in1.71.82.54.05.14.84.03.93.73.42.61.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Steffenville, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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