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Mud Town

Mud Town from directly overhead

Mud Town is a ghost town in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 269 m. Buford Mountain stands 531 m to the south, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Bezidek Hill, a peak 2.5 miles away. Great River Road passes 29 miles off. 172 named places lie within 25 miles, 44 of them named summits.

human settlement in Missouri, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates38.01944, -90.73944

172 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 48
  • Benton Park: 6.4 mi
  • Thurman Park: 6.7 mi
  • Potosi City Park: 7.2 mi
  • Sunrise Lake Park: 11.0 mi
  • Bonne Terre Park: 11.6 mi
Peaks: 44
  • Bezidek Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Bald Hill: 4.6 mi
  • Berry Hill: 8.4 mi
  • Blackjack Hill: 8.8 mi
  • Sandy Hill: 9.1 mi
Historic sites: 19
  • War Memorial: 5.7 mi
  • Dedicated In Memory of Bryan L. Weeks: 7.1 mi
  • In Loving Memory of Jay Koen: 7.2 mi
  • In Memory of Jay Koen: 7.2 mi
  • In Memory of Jason Wright: 7.2 mi
Ghost towns: 13
Springs: 13
  • Blue Springs: 7.3 mi
  • Cold Springs Spring House: 11.7 mi
  • Beecher Spring: 17.5 mi
  • Harmon Spring: 18.4 mi
  • Hamilton Spring: 20.5 mi
Cliffs: 10
Beaches: 6
  • Sunrise Lake Beach: 11.2 mi
  • LKW Waterfront: 11.4 mi
  • TL Waterfront: 11.4 mi
  • Pim Lake Beach: 19.0 mi
  • Monsanto Lake Beach: 19.3 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Pontoon Rides: 11.4 mi
  • Old Time Flea Market: 21.7 mi
  • Sandy Creek Covered Bridge: 22.2 mi
  • Meramec Caverns: 24.5 mi
  • Meremec Caverns: 24.5 mi
Museums: 4
Gardens: 2
  • Flyleaf: 6.8 mi
  • Educational Garden: 11.3 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Hawkins Cove Natural Bridge: 11.2 mi
Waterfalls: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buford MountainS 173°531 m22.4 mi
Johnson MountainSSW 202°501 m21.8 mi
Brown MountainSSE 162°501 m24.5 mi
Stono MountainSSE 154°499 m23.3 mi
Wolf MountainSSE 160°481 m24.7 mi
Bald KnobS 175°479 m21.1 mi
Pruitt MountainSSW 195°478 m20.1 mi
Middle MountainSSE 152°469 m18.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4019:15
June solstice05:4119:5020:30
September equinox06:5118:2719:02
December solstice07:1616:0616:47

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313544556472767567574535
Precip in2.82.74.15.15.34.13.64.03.93.13.73.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Potosi 4 SW, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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