Frederick Whitcomb Fountain
Frederick Whitcomb Fountain is a historic site in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 244 m. The Pinnacles stands 212 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Sisters of Liberty, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Great River Road passes 43 miles off. 96 named places lie within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Inscription
- Now those drink, that never drank before, and those that drank, drink the more.
How to reach it
- 42.6 mi off the Great River Road, National
96 named places within 25 miles
- Jefferson Street Mini-Park: 0.0 mi
- Hardin Park: 0.3 mi
- R.S. Green: 0.5 mi
- Martin Luther King Park: 0.6 mi
- Garfield Park: 0.6 mi
- Little Sisters of Liberty: 0.0 mi
- The Missouri Exercise Tiger Army & Navy Anchor Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Audrain County Veterans Memorial: 0.0 mi
- WWII Battle of Exercise Tiger 60th Anniversary: 0.0 mi
- John Bingle Morris Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Graceland - Audrain County Historical Society, American Saddle Horse Museum: 0.5 mi
- Audrain County School: 0.5 mi
- Simmons Stables: 0.7 mi
- Centralia Museum: 13.7 mi
- Auto World Museum: 20.2 mi
- Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Chance Gardens: 13.7 mi
- Memorial Garden: 18.1 mi
- Welcome to Mexico MO: 1.7 mi
- Shryocks Callaway Farms: 18.4 mi
- Florida: 22.6 mi
- Boonesborough: 19.7 mi
- Noonan: 24.6 mi
- HWY 107 Beach: 23.7 mi
- Finger Lakes Swimming Beach: 23.8 mi
- Winston Churchill Entrance Statue: 22.6 mi
- The Pinnacles: 23.7 mi
- The Pinnacles: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Frederick Whitcomb Fountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Pinnacles | W 264° | 212 m | 23.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:44 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:58 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:06 | 16:49 |
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 | 28 | 33 | 43 | 54 | 64 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 68 | 56 | 44 | 33 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mexico, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/5272618409
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