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Treece

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Treece is a ghost town in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 256 m. Blue Mound stands 291 m to the east-northeast, 1.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Treece, Kansas Historical Marker, a historic site 0.7 miles away. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 5.7 miles off. 126 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.

ghost town in Cherokee County, Kansas, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates37.00030, -94.84360

126 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 56
  • Picher-Cardin Memorial: 1.3 mi
  • Quapaw Tribe Roadside Park: 4.4 mi
  • Football Field and Track: 5.9 mi
  • Liberty Park: 6.1 mi
  • Kiwanis Park: 6.7 mi
Museums: 10
  • Antique Auto Museum: 4.6 mi
  • Baxter Springs Heritage Museum: 6.4 mi
  • Dobson Museum & Home: 9.0 mi
  • Route 66 Vintage Iron: 9.0 mi
  • Galena Mining & Historical Museum: 12.3 mi
Attractions: 10
  • Conoco Hole In The Wall: 5.0 mi
  • Marsh arc bridge: 7.6 mi
  • Rainbow Bridge: 7.6 mi
  • Route 66 Arch: 9.1 mi
  • Tristate Marker: 12.5 mi
Historic sites: 9
Peaks: 7
  • Blue Mound: 1.1 mi
  • Potato Hill: 11.0 mi
  • Timber Hill: 21.1 mi
  • Bell Mound: 21.2 mi
  • Timber Hill: 21.2 mi
Artworks: 5
Ghost towns: 5
Cliffs: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Truck Parking: 14.2 mi
  • Joplin Rest Area (Eastbound): 14.3 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Grand Falls: 16.8 mi
  • Grand Falls: 16.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MoundENE 76°291 m1.1 mi
Timber HillSW 227°291 m21.1 mi
Bell MoundNNW 344°281 m21.2 mi
Indian HillsS 188°264 m24.0 mi
Potato HillSW 220°263 m11.0 mi
Goat HillSSW 205°253 m22.8 mi
Timber HillNW 318°247 m21.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5719:31
June solstice06:0120:0420:43
September equinox07:0818:4419:18
December solstice07:3016:2617:07

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F364050586776808071594839

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

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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