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Greenfield

Greenfield from directly overhead

Greenfield is a ghost town in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 96 m. Jackson Hill stands 181 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Defiance State Park, a park 2.1 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 1.9 miles off. 68 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.

human settlement in Mississippi County, Missouri

How to reach it

Coordinates36.96500, -89.17167

Overlooks nearby

68 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 21
  • Fort Defiance State Park: 2.1 mi
  • Halliday Plaza: 2.4 mi
  • Halliday Park: 2.5 mi
  • David Box Twin Rivers Ball Park: 2.5 mi
  • Cairo Public Boat Launch: 2.6 mi
Ghost towns: 14
Peaks: 7
  • Twin Mounds: 7.2 mi
  • Dogtooth Bend Mounds: 11.3 mi
  • Gilson Hills: 18.3 mi
  • Santa Fe Hills: 20.2 mi
  • Jackson Hill: 21.2 mi
Museums: 5
  • Cairo Custom House Museum: 2.6 mi
  • Warren E. Hearns Museum: 10.3 mi
  • Columbus-Belmont State Park Civil War Museum: 14.3 mi
  • Historic Thebes Courthouse: 23.7 mi
  • Sikeston Depot Museum & Cultural Center: 23.9 mi
Artworks: 5
  • Lewis & Clark: 2.7 mi
  • Research Uncovered: 2.7 mi
  • Cairo River Wall Murals: 2.8 mi
  • The Story of Cairo: 2.8 mi
  • Welcome to Historical Cairo: 2.8 mi
Attractions: 4
  • Caboose: 2.6 mi
  • Magnolia Manor: 3.1 mi
  • Big Subway Gate: 4.0 mi
  • Cotton Belt Caboose: 17.4 mi
Historic sites: 3
  • Proceeding On: 2.2 mi
  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial: 2.4 mi
  • Desert Storm Memorial: 3.0 mi
Cliffs: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • A: 14.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jackson HillNW 308°181 m21.2 mi
Santa Fe HillsNW 317°177 m20.2 mi
Burner HillNNW 345°171 m23.0 mi
Gilson HillsNNW 328°143 m18.3 mi
Rattlesnake HillN 350°134 m22.4 mi
Dogtooth Bend MoundsNW 307°102 m11.3 mi
Twin MoundsNNE 12°99 m7.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3519:09
June solstice05:3819:4220:20
September equinox06:4518:2118:55
December solstice07:0716:0416:44

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353948596876797871594838
Precip in3.83.94.85.45.14.44.13.23.54.14.54.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cairo 3N, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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