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Bonne Terre Mine

Bonne Terre Mine from directly overhead

Bonne Terre Mine is a museum in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 246 m. Buford Mountain stands 531 m to the south-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Space Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 25 miles off.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates37.92291, -90.55138

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Murrill Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Vinegar Hill: 6.6 mi
  • Simms Mountain: 8.7 mi
  • Wiggins Hill: 9.1 mi
  • Bezidek Hill: 9.7 mi
Parks: 45
  • Bonne Terre Park: 0.7 mi
  • Lakeview Park: 0.7 mi
  • Desloge City Park: 3.8 mi
  • Desloge City Park: 3.9 mi
  • Columbia Park: 6.4 mi
Historic sites: 20
  • Primary Filtration tank: 6.3 mi
  • Water Tower: 6.3 mi
  • Settling tank: 6.3 mi
  • Floatation Tank 1: 6.3 mi
  • Floatation Tank 2: 6.3 mi
Cliffs: 11
Ghost towns: 8
Beaches: 6
  • Pim Lake Beach: 7.9 mi
  • Monsanto Lake Beach: 8.1 mi
  • Sunrise Lake Beach: 8.7 mi
  • TL Waterfront: 20.6 mi
  • LKW Waterfront: 20.7 mi
Springs: 5
  • Blue Springs: 6.2 mi
  • Skaggs Spring: 16.9 mi
  • La Hae Spring: 17.9 mi
  • Cold Springs Spring House: 21.1 mi
  • White Oak Spring: 23.5 mi
Museums: 4
Attractions: 3
  • Old Time Flea Market: 9.9 mi
  • Memorial: 20.0 mi
  • Pontoon Rides: 20.6 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Waterfalls: 3
Gardens: 2
  • Flyleaf: 5.4 mi
  • Educational Garden: 20.7 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Double Arch: 16.2 mi
  • Hawkins Cove Natural Bridge: 20.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Bloomsdale Rest Area (Northbound): 18.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of Bonne Terre Mine. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buford MountainSSW 206°531 m17.4 mi
Brown MountainS 189°501 m16.8 mi
Stono MountainS 180°499 m14.2 mi
Oak MountainSSW 192°496 m19.5 mi
Wolf MountainS 186°481 m16.6 mi
Bald KnobSSW 211°479 m16.8 mi
Middlebrook HillSSW 199°478 m19.2 mi
Pruitt MountainSW 231°478 m20.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4019:14
June solstice05:4119:4920:29
September equinox06:5118:2619:01
December solstice07:1516:0616:47

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333746576674787669574636
Precip in2.62.83.85.35.53.54.33.83.23.34.23.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Farmington, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/8110432645

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