Ghost town · Missouri
Wakenda
Wakenda is a ghost town in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 199 m. Mound Bogard stands 290 m to the northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Shields Hill, a peak 2.6 miles away. Sho-Me Santa Fe Trails passes 11 miles off. 78 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.
ghost town in Carroll County, Missouri
How to reach it
Coordinates39.31420, -93.37720
- 10.6 mi off the Sho-Me Santa Fe Trails
- 26.7 mi off the Old Trails Road
78 named places within 25 miles
Parks: 39
- Meadow Ridge Park: 6.7 mi
- Grand Park: 6.7 mi
- Memorial Park: 6.8 mi
- Communal park: 6.9 mi
- Comminity park: 7.0 mi
Nature reserves: 15
- Grand Pass Conservation Area: 3.7 mi
- Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Cranberry Bend Unit: 4.6 mi
- McKinny Conservation Area: 8.3 mi
- Malta Bend Community Lake: 9.6 mi
- Helen K Wiese Conservation Area: 11.8 mi
Peaks: 6
- Shields Hill: 2.6 mi
- Mound Bogard: 13.6 mi
- Round Tater Hill: 17.6 mi
- Long Tater Hill: 17.8 mi
- Stokes Mound: 19.7 mi
Museums: 4
- Carroll County Historical Museum: 6.8 mi
- Jim the Wonder Dog Museum: 16.4 mi
- Nicolas-Beazley Aviation Museum / Martin Community Center: 17.8 mi
- General Sterling Price Museum: 24.8 mi
Historic sites: 4
- old fountain: 7.4 mi
- Miniature Statue of Libery: 17.9 mi
- Confederate Soldiers' Monument: 23.8 mi
- Douglas School: 24.6 mi
Artworks: 2
- Statue of Liberty Replica: 17.2 mi
- Maxie, The World's Largest Goose: 24.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Concordia Rest Area Westbound: 24.8 mi
- Concordia Rest Area Eastbound: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wakenda. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mound Bogard | NW 321° | 290 m | 13.6 mi |
| Stokes Mound | NNW 344° | 277 m | 19.7 mi |
| Long Tater Hill | NNW 331° | 273 m | 17.8 mi |
| Round Tater Hill | NNW 332° | 252 m | 17.6 mi |
| Shields Hill | NW 308° | 241 m | 2.6 mi |
| Coppers Hill | S 178° | 220 m | 24.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:50 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 20:04 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:12 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 32 | 43 | 54 | 64 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 68 | 56 | 43 | 32 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carrollton, 7 mi away.
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