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New York is a ghost town in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 94 m. Grassy Knob stands 242 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Santa Fe Hills, a peak 1.6 miles away. Great River Road - Missouri passes 5.9 miles off. 135 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.

human settlement in Missouri, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates37.16667, -89.44472

Overlooks nearby

135 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 54
  • Scott City Park and Public Pool: 6.0 mi
  • Horseshoe Lake State Conservation Area: 6.6 mi
  • Horseshoe Lake Nature Preserve: 7.1 mi
  • East Cape Park: 9.2 mi
  • Fort D: 9.7 mi
Peaks: 28
  • Santa Fe Hills: 1.6 mi
  • Jackson Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Gilson Hills: 5.6 mi
  • Dogtooth Bend Mounds: 9.3 mi
  • Lost Hill: 10.2 mi
Ghost towns: 11
Museums: 8
  • Historic Thebes Courthouse: 3.7 mi
  • Scott City Historical Museum: 5.7 mi
  • The Glenn House: 10.0 mi
  • Red House Interpretive Center: 10.1 mi
  • Cape River Heritage Museum: 10.5 mi
Historic sites: 8
Artworks: 7
  • Missouri Wall of Fame: 10.2 mi
  • Mississippi River Tales: 10.4 mi
  • Welcome to Historical Cairo: 18.9 mi
  • Cairo River Wall Murals: 18.9 mi
  • The Story of Cairo: 18.9 mi
Attractions: 6
Gardens: 1
  • May Greene Garden: 10.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grassy KnobNNW 341°242 m16.4 mi
Vick HillNNE 25°232 m11.3 mi
Coker KnobNNW 346°228 m15.1 mi
Thompson HillNNW 347°221 m17.0 mi
Pine KnobNNE 27°219 m14.6 mi
Tricky HillNNW 339°219 m24.1 mi
Italian HillNNE 33°196 m13.1 mi
Iron HillNNW 337°190 m23.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3619:10
June solstice05:3919:4320:22
September equinox06:4618:2218:56
December solstice07:0916:0416:45

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353948586876797770594738
Precip in3.53.34.75.25.33.83.93.23.63.64.23.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cape Girardeau Muni AP, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

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