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Fuget

Fuget from directly overhead

Fuget is a ghost town in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 94 m. Fishgap Hill stands 154 m to the south-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Crosno, a ghost town 1.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 5.6 miles off. 72 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.

human settlement in Missouri, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates36.80889, -89.19194

Overlooks nearby

72 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 28
Ghost towns: 11
Museums: 7
  • Columbus-Belmont State Park Civil War Museum: 5.4 mi
  • Warren E. Hearns Museum: 11.8 mi
  • Cairo Custom House Museum: 13.5 mi
  • Warren Thomas Museum: 16.4 mi
  • Sikeston Depot Museum & Cultural Center: 22.5 mi
Peaks: 6
  • Indian Mound: 17.6 mi
  • Twin Mounds: 18.1 mi
  • Dogtooth Bend Mounds: 19.3 mi
  • Wilson Hill: 19.8 mi
  • Fishgap Hill: 23.0 mi
Nature reserves: 5
Artworks: 5
  • Lewis & Clark: 13.6 mi
  • Research Uncovered: 13.6 mi
  • Cairo River Wall Murals: 13.6 mi
  • The Story of Cairo: 13.6 mi
  • Welcome to Historical Cairo: 13.6 mi
Attractions: 4
  • Cotton Belt Caboose: 10.8 mi
  • Caboose: 13.4 mi
  • Magnolia Manor: 13.9 mi
  • Big Subway Gate: 14.7 mi
Historic sites: 4
  • Proceeding On: 12.4 mi
  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial: 13.2 mi
  • Desert Storm Memorial: 13.8 mi
  • Casey Jones Marker: 19.6 mi
Cliffs: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Fishgap HillSSW154 m23.0 mi
Wilson HillS143 m19.8 mi
Mathis HillS119 m24.2 mi
Dogtooth Bend MoundsNNW102 m19.3 mi
Twin MoundsN99 m18.1 mi
Indian MoundSSW92 m17.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3519:09
June solstice05:3919:4120:20
September equinox06:4518:2118:55
December solstice07:0716:0416:45

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363949586876797871594739

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bardwell 2 E, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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