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Keener Cave

Keener Cave from directly overhead

Keener Cave is a ghost town in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 127 m. Clark Mountain stands 439 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Markham Spring, a spring 5.5 miles away. Great River Road - Missouri passes 50 miles off. 111 named places lie within 25 miles, 39 of them named summits.

human settlement in Missouri, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates36.92917, -90.52500

Overlooks nearby

111 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 39
Parks: 30
Ghost towns: 17
Cliffs: 12
Museums: 3
  • Ellsinore Pioneer Museum: 12.3 mi
  • Poplar Bluff Museum: 13.2 mi
  • Margaret Harwell Art Museum: 13.8 mi
Attractions: 2
Springs: 1
  • Markham Spring: 5.5 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Jesse James 1st train robbery: 23.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Clark MountainNNW 337°439 m19.8 mi
Des Arc MountainNNW 349°423 m23.5 mi
Mudlick MountainN 0°399 m23.0 mi
Rocky MountainN 352°387 m23.5 mi
Finley MountainNNW 329°386 m22.4 mi
Frenchman HillN 351°383 m21.0 mi
Aley MountainNNW 345°361 m20.9 mi
Green MountainN 357°336 m24.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4019:14
June solstice05:4419:4720:26
September equinox06:5118:2619:01
December solstice07:1216:0916:50

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333746576675787770584637
Precip in3.83.55.05.45.64.04.43.53.63.84.74.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wappapello DAM, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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