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Moneka

Moneka from directly overhead

Moneka is a ghost town in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 300 m. Guthrie Mountain stands 309 m to the south-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Linnville, a ghost town 4.9 miles away. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 7.0 miles off. 67 named places lie within 25 miles, 10 of them named summits.

ghost town in Linn County, Kansas, United States

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Coordinates38.16167, -94.83778
Around it

67 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 32
  • Stegge Lake Park: 5.8 mi
  • Mine Creek Battlefield Park: 6.3 mi
  • Mine Creek Battlefield Park: 6.3 mi
  • Dunlap Park: 7.0 mi
  • Bob Jones Park: 8.8 mi
Peaks: 10
  • Graveyard Mound: 8.2 mi
  • Guthrie Mountain: 12.1 mi
  • Rocky Mound: 14.5 mi
  • Spy Mound: 14.9 mi
  • Graves Mound: 18.7 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Historic sites: 7
  • World War 2 Memorial: 13.5 mi
  • Linn Valley Lakes Veterans Memorial: 16.4 mi
  • Fort Africa (Toothman Farm): 22.2 mi
  • Pottawatomie Massacre Memorial: 23.4 mi
  • Soldiers' Monument: 24.1 mi
Nature reserves: 4
Museums: 3
  • Linn County Museum: 7.0 mi
  • Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heros: 23.2 mi
  • Osawatomie Museum Foundation: 24.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Linn Valley Lakes Swimming Beach: 16.4 mi
Attractions: 1
  • ATSF Caboose: 23.3 mi
Artworks: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Guthrie MountainSSW 194°309 m12.1 mi
Peine MoundNW 311°308 m22.5 mi
Spy MoundENE 59°296 m14.9 mi
Graveyard MoundNNE 29°288 m8.2 mi
Walley MoundNE 45°276 m20.7 mi
Hickman HillSE 135°276 m21.3 mi
Graves MoundENE 62°275 m18.7 mi
Rocky MoundESE 104°273 m14.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5719:31
June solstice05:5720:0720:47
September equinox07:0818:4319:18
December solstice07:3316:2217:03

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313545556474797768574434
Precip in1.31.92.64.45.35.34.63.64.03.62.71.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mound City, 2 mi away.

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Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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