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Lisletown

Lisletown from directly overhead

Lisletown is a ghost town in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 166 m. Pilot Knob stands 300 m to the southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Mari-Osa Access, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 99 miles off. 122 named places lie within 25 miles, 11 of them named summits.

ghost town in Missouri, United States

How to reach it

Coordinates38.49337, -92.00601

122 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 47
  • Countryside Park: 3.1 mi
  • Clark's Hill/Norton State Historic Site: 4.7 mi
  • Ellis Porter Park: 9.1 mi
  • Green Berry Acres: 9.4 mi
  • Park Place Neighborhood Park: 9.7 mi
Cliffs: 13
Peaks: 11
  • Grapevine Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Pilot Knob: 15.9 mi
  • High Point Hill: 16.7 mi
  • Thompson Hill: 18.0 mi
  • Hood Hill: 18.7 mi
Historic sites: 9
  • Soldiers' Memorial Plaza: 10.1 mi
  • Cole County War Memorial: 10.5 mi
  • Lewis and Clark Memorial: 10.7 mi
  • Missouri Veterans Memorial: 10.8 mi
  • Louisiana Purchase Monument: 10.8 mi
Ghost towns: 8
Museums: 7
Attractions: 3
  • Cote Sans Dessin: 6.4 mi
  • Missouri State Penitentiary Tours: 10.1 mi
  • Missouri Governor's Mansion Tours: 10.6 mi
Artworks: 3
  • Sonny Liston Portrait: 10.0 mi
  • Thomas Jefferson: 10.8 mi
  • Winston Churchill Entrance Statue: 24.8 mi
Springs: 1
  • Meyers Spring: 14.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Binder Lake Pavilion & Bait Shop (Seasonal): 17.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pilot KnobSE 134°300 m15.9 mi
Cave HillE 91°280 m23.8 mi
High Point HillSSW 209°279 m16.7 mi
Thompson HillSSW 210°252 m18.0 mi
House MoundsS 169°250 m19.7 mi
HatcheeSE 145°245 m20.1 mi
Grapevine HillE 100°232 m1.7 mi
House MoundsSSE 169°230 m21.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4519:5720:36
September equinox06:5618:3219:07
December solstice07:2316:0916:51

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323746576675797769584636
Precip in2.01.92.84.44.93.64.43.63.73.42.82.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jefferson City MEM AP, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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