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Georgia City

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Georgia City is a ghost town in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 268 m. Breezy Hill stands 305 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Wah-Sha-She Prairie State Wildlife Area, a park 3.5 miles away. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 9.0 miles off. 119 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.

ghost town in Jasper County, Missouri

How to reach it

Coordinates37.28950, -94.54190

119 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 56
  • Wah-Sha-She Prairie State Wildlife Area: 3.5 mi
  • Briarbrook Park: 9.9 mi
  • Sunset Creek Park: 10.0 mi
  • Hatten Park: 10.3 mi
  • Sunset Park: 10.3 mi
Nature reserves: 12
Attractions: 10
  • Railroad Depot: 12.2 mi
  • Schifferdecker home: 14.0 mi
  • Red Oak 2: 14.5 mi
  • Tow Mater: 15.4 mi
  • The house of Bonnie and Clyde: 16.5 mi
Museums: 10
  • Everett J. Ritchie Tri-State Mineral Museum: 13.9 mi
  • Joplin History & Mineral Museum: 13.9 mi
  • Dorothea B. Hoover Historical Museum: 14.0 mi
  • Battle of Carthage Civil War Museum: 14.9 mi
  • Galena Mining & Historical Museum: 15.8 mi
Artworks: 7
Peaks: 5
  • Breezy Hill: 18.0 mi
  • Haake Mound: 20.3 mi
  • Bell Mound: 22.4 mi
  • Blue Mound: 24.1 mi
  • Bunker Hill: 24.2 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 2
  • Grand Falls: 17.8 mi
  • Grand Falls: 17.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Truck Parking: 19.9 mi
  • Joplin Rest Area (Eastbound): 20.0 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Breezy HillNNW 341°305 m18.0 mi
Bunker HillNNW 340°299 m24.2 mi
Blue MoundN 353°289 m24.1 mi
Bell MoundW 271°281 m22.4 mi
Haake MoundN 359°274 m20.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5619:30
June solstice05:5920:0420:43
September equinox07:0718:4219:17
December solstice07:2916:2417:05

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343848576574787769584637
Precip in1.92.13.05.26.85.44.03.85.13.62.92.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Joplin 24 N, 10 mi away.

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