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Maastricht Friendship Tower

Maastricht Friendship Tower from directly overhead

Maastricht Friendship Tower is a historic site in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 261 m. Wagon Knob stands 305 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Selmo Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Old Trails Road passes 29 miles off. 98 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.

What the record says

Height
24 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.75773, -93.74153

98 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 40
  • Selmo Park: 0.0 mi
  • Blind Boone Park: 0.5 mi
  • Lion's Lake/Culp Park: 0.8 mi
  • Shepard Park: 0.8 mi
  • Grover Park: 0.9 mi
Artworks: 13
Historic sites: 11
Gardens: 10
  • Beals Woodland and Stream Garden: 17.7 mi
  • Perennial Garden: 17.7 mi
  • Wildflower Meadow: 17.7 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 17.8 mi
  • East Lawn: 17.9 mi
Nature reserves: 9
Peaks: 7
  • Pinnacle Hill: 8.6 mi
  • Knobs: 10.3 mi
  • Rattlesnake Hill: 10.3 mi
  • Cooks Knob: 13.9 mi
  • Wagon Knob: 17.5 mi
Museums: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Concordia Rest Area Eastbound: 18.3 mi
  • Concordia Rest Area Westbound: 18.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wagon KnobNW305 m17.5 mi
Staley MoundW299 m24.8 mi
Katy trail highest pointSE291 m18.9 mi
KnobsE278 m10.3 mi
Cooks KnobENE268 m13.9 mi
Pinnacle HillSSE261 m8.6 mi
Rattlesnake HillNNE247 m10.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5219:27
June solstice05:5120:0420:44
September equinox07:0318:3919:14
December solstice07:3016:1516:57

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293444556574787768564434
Precip in1.21.83.04.35.55.44.94.14.13.32.62.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Warrensburg 4NW, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1474584146

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