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Gascondy

Gascondy from directly overhead

Gascondy is a ghost town in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 202 m. Indian House Mounds stands 328 m to the south-southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Twin Rocks, a cliff 0.6 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 94 miles off. 109 named places lie within 25 miles, 15 of them named summits.

ghost town in Missouri, United States

How to reach it

Coordinates38.29944, -91.85944

109 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 30
  • Maries County Memorial Park: 9.0 mi
  • Spring Creek Gap Roadside Park: 11.6 mi
  • Meta City Park: 16.6 mi
  • Countryside Park: 18.3 mi
  • Buschman Park: 19.5 mi
Peaks: 15
  • Pilot Knob: 4.1 mi
  • Hatchee: 4.7 mi
  • House Mounds: 7.3 mi
  • House Mounds: 8.1 mi
  • Indian House Mounds: 10.3 mi
Cliffs: 14
Ghost towns: 12
Attractions: 7
  • Cote Sans Dessin: 21.0 mi
  • Rt 66 Museum of Phelps Co., - Mule Trading Post: 23.4 mi
  • 563: 24.2 mi
  • 1501: 24.3 mi
  • Jack Carney Puck and Plaza: 24.3 mi
Artworks: 6
Historic sites: 3
  • Missouri S&T Stonehenge: 24.1 mi
  • Rolla Inn: 24.8 mi
  • Soldiers' Memorial Plaza: 24.8 mi
Springs: 2
  • Meyers Spring: 2.7 mi
  • Clifty Spring: 18.7 mi
Museums: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Truck Parking: 24.5 mi
  • Truck Parking: 24.7 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Clifty Creek Natural Bridge: 19.2 mi
Gardens: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Indian House MoundsSSE 155°328 m10.3 mi
Pilot KnobENE 57°300 m4.1 mi
Pilot KnobS 171°286 m17.9 mi
Cave HillNE 51°280 m20.4 mi
High Point HillW 266°279 m16.1 mi
Thompson HillW 262°252 m17.1 mi
House MoundsSW 215°250 m7.3 mi
Cedar HillENE 70°247 m17.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4519:5520:35
September equinox06:5618:3119:06
December solstice07:2116:1016:51

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343948586775807870594738
Precip in2.52.23.64.74.95.24.63.84.02.93.63.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vienna 2 WNW, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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