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Genova

Genova from directly overhead

Genova is a ghost town in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 282 m. Stokes Mound stands 277 m to the south-southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Hickory Creek, a ghost town 6.6 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 203 miles off. 45 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

human settlement in Missouri, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates39.90583, -93.70472

45 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 21
  • Jamesport City Park: 6.8 mi
  • Simpson Park: 10.6 mi
  • Clay Street Park: 10.8 mi
  • Daryl Danner Memorial Park: 11.1 mi
  • Downtown Greenway: 11.2 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Museums: 5
  • Grand River Historical Society Museum: 10.7 mi
  • Baker School: 12.7 mi
  • Grundy County Museum: 12.7 mi
  • Missouri Quilt Museum: 19.0 mi
  • J.C. Penney Museum: 19.1 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Shale Hill: 11.2 mi
  • Stokes Mound: 24.9 mi
Beaches: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Trenton Community Garden: 13.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Historic sites: 1
  • Lyman and Harriet Wight Home Site: 15.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stokes MoundSSE 152°277 m24.9 mi
Shale HillSSE 164°267 m11.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5119:27
June solstice05:4720:0720:48
September equinox07:0318:3819:14
December solstice07:3416:1116:54

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273243546474787667564332
Precip in1.21.62.83.85.45.34.14.83.83.32.41.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chillicothe Agri-science CTR, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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