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Frederick Whitcomb Fountain

Frederick Whitcomb Fountain from directly overhead

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

Coordinates39.17241, -91.88289

96 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 47
  • 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
Historic sites: 15
  • 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
Museums: 11
  • 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
Gardens: 3
Attractions: 3
  • Welcome to Mexico MO: 1.7 mi
  • Shryocks Callaway Farms: 18.4 mi
  • Florida: 22.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 2
  • HWY 107 Beach: 23.7 mi
  • Finger Lakes Swimming Beach: 23.8 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Winston Churchill Entrance Statue: 22.6 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • The Pinnacles: 23.7 mi
Peaks: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
The PinnaclesW 264°212 m23.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4419:20
June solstice05:4219:5820:38
September equinox06:5618:3119:06
December solstice07:2416:0616:49

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283343546473787668564433
Precip in2.02.33.24.75.15.24.43.94.92.82.82.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mexico, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5272618409

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