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Hydesburg

Hydesburg from directly overhead

Hydesburg is a ghost town in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 220 m. Pickerton Hill stands 251 m to the southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Bear Creek Park, a park 1.3 miles away. Great River Road - Missouri passes 4.7 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

human settlement in United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates39.67639, -91.46724

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bear Creek Park: 1.3 mi
  • Hospital Park: 2.7 mi
  • West Ely Park: 3.9 mi
  • Huckleberry Park: 4.3 mi
  • Veteran's Sports Park: 4.3 mi
Museums: 11
  • Molly Brown Birthplace & Museum: 6.1 mi
  • Jim's Journey: 6.2 mi
  • Jim's Journey: The Huck Finn Freedom Center: 6.3 mi
  • Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum: 6.3 mi
  • Mark Twain Museum & Gallery: 6.4 mi
Historic sites: 10
Ghost towns: 8
Peaks: 7
  • College Heights: 5.5 mi
  • Harrison Hill: 5.7 mi
  • Holliday Hill: 5.7 mi
  • Cardiff Hill: 6.2 mi
  • Lookout Mountain: 11.6 mi
Gardens: 4
  • Kristy's Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Vermont Street Church Mission Garden: 18.1 mi
  • Sunken Garden: 19.5 mi
  • Illinois Veterans Home Memorial Garden: 19.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
Artworks: 2
  • Tom & Huck Statue: 6.3 mi
  • Mark Twain Steamboat Pilot: 6.5 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Spalding Beach: 13.6 mi
  • HWY 107 Beach: 21.2 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Villa Kathrine: 17.5 mi
  • Florida: 21.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Springs: 1
  • Seep: 16.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pickerton HillSE 124°251 m17.3 mi
Lookout MountainESE 103°244 m11.6 mi
Harrison HillENE 56°222 m5.7 mi
Holliday HillENE 65°214 m5.7 mi
College HeightsNE 47°208 m5.5 mi
The MoundW 273°207 m24.7 mi
Cardiff HillENE 63°202 m6.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4319:18
June solstice05:3919:5720:38
September equinox06:5418:2919:05
December solstice07:2416:0316:45

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263142536473777567554331
Precip in2.12.32.84.35.04.94.13.93.53.42.82.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hannibal WTR WKS, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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