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Pleasant Grove

Pleasant Grove from directly overhead

Pleasant Grove is a ghost town in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 183 m. Bear Mountain stands 295 m to the north, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Overcup Fen Natural Area, a nature reserve 2.2 miles away. Great River Road passes 72 miles off. 96 named places lie within 25 miles, 23 of them named summits.

human settlement in Missouri, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates36.73783, -90.82901

96 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 23
Parks: 19
Springs: 19
  • Malden Spring: 5.4 mi
  • Twin Spring: 7.5 mi
  • Big Spring: 17.4 mi
  • Fiddler Spring: 19.9 mi
  • Mitchel Spring: 20.2 mi
Ghost towns: 15
Cliffs: 9
Museums: 3
  • Ellsinore Pioneer Museum: 14.3 mi
  • Poplar Bluff Museum: 23.7 mi
  • Margaret Harwell Art Museum: 24.1 mi
Attractions: 3
Picnic sites: 1
  • Float Camp: 5.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bear MountainN 6°295 m22.0 mi
Wolf MountainWSW 244°281 m16.3 mi
Green MountainWNW 303°275 m23.7 mi
Bald HillWSW 238°251 m19.0 mi
Conner HillW 262°239 m19.6 mi
Turkey KnobWSW 256°234 m18.8 mi
Carson HillNNE 22°232 m21.7 mi
Pinhook HillENE 58°229 m11.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4119:15
June solstice05:4619:4820:26
September equinox06:5218:2819:02
December solstice07:1316:1116:51

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353947576675797870584738
Precip in3.43.84.75.65.73.54.63.83.73.94.94.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Doniphan, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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