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Mark

Mark from directly overhead

Mark is a ghost town in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 144 m. Lookout Mountain stands 244 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Indian Mounds Park, a park 3.4 miles away. Great River Road - Missouri passes 3.2 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.

human settlement in Missouri, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates39.88806, -91.46361

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Indian Mounds Park: 3.4 mi
  • Villa Kathrine Park: 3.7 mi
  • South Park: 3.8 mi
  • Edgewater Park: 3.9 mi
  • South Park: 4.0 mi
Museums: 10
Historic sites: 10
  • Govenor John Wood Statue: 4.2 mi
  • Lincoln-Douglas Debate Memorial: 4.2 mi
  • Samuel Langhorne Clemens "Mark Twain" Statue: 12.4 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 13.3 mi
  • Huck Finn House: 13.4 mi
Peaks: 6
  • College Heights: 11.5 mi
  • Harrison Hill: 12.3 mi
  • Cardiff Hill: 13.0 mi
  • Holliday Hill: 13.2 mi
  • College Hill: 17.1 mi
Gardens: 4
  • Vermont Street Church Mission Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Illinois Veterans Home Memorial Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Sunken Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Kristy's Garden: 13.5 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 3
Attractions: 2
  • Villa Kathrine: 3.7 mi
  • Canton CB&Q Depot: 17.0 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Tom & Huck Statue: 13.3 mi
  • Mark Twain Steamboat Pilot: 13.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lookout MountainSSE 147°244 m20.5 mi
Harrison HillSSE 159°222 m12.3 mi
Holliday HillSSE 158°214 m13.2 mi
College HeightsSSE 160°208 m11.5 mi
Cardiff HillSSE 156°202 m13.0 mi
College HillNNW 348°184 m17.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4219:18
June solstice05:3819:5820:38
September equinox06:5418:2919:05
December solstice07:2516:0216:45

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273242546474777668564332
Precip in1.71.92.54.24.84.13.63.33.42.62.61.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Quincy DAM 21, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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