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Memorial Bell Tower

Memorial Bell Tower from directly overhead

Memorial Bell Tower is a historic site in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 353 m. Devils Horn stands 367 m to the northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Centennial Sculpture, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. 54 named places lie within 25 miles, 4 of them named summits.

What the record says

Built
1965
Height
30.48 m
Width
7.62 m
Material
concrete

How to reach it

Coordinates40.35198, -94.88254

54 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 24
  • Kissing Bridge: 0.1 mi
  • Centennial Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Wabash Park: 0.4 mi
  • Robertson-Crist Park: 0.4 mi
  • Franklin Park: 0.5 mi
Nature reserves: 7
Historic sites: 5
  • Bell of '48: 0.0 mi
  • Freedom Rock: 0.5 mi
  • First House in Maryville: 0.6 mi
  • Maryville: 0.6 mi
  • Blue Star Memorial: 1.1 mi
Museums: 5
  • Nodaway County Historical Society: 0.5 mi
  • Skidmore Museum: 11.3 mi
  • Maitland Depot Museum: 14.5 mi
  • Taylor County Historical Museum: 23.3 mi
  • Taylor County Historical Museum: 23.9 mi
Artworks: 4
Ghost towns: 4
Peaks: 4
  • The Mound: 13.4 mi
  • Bunker Hill: 14.6 mi
  • Devils Horn: 20.9 mi
  • Redmond Hill: 22.9 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Mozingo Beach: 5.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Devils HornNE 52°367 m20.9 mi
Bunker HillENE 60°337 m14.6 mi
The MoundN 10°328 m13.4 mi
Redmond HillE 100°294 m22.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5619:32
June solstice05:5020:1320:54
September equinox07:0818:4319:18
December solstice07:4016:1416:57

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242840516272767466544029
Precip in0.91.22.34.05.55.05.34.23.53.02.01.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maryville 2E, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1323518987

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