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Jefferson Barracks POW-MIA Museum

Jefferson Barracks POW-MIA Museum from directly overhead

Jefferson Barracks POW-MIA Museum is a museum in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 146 m. Chinkapin Hill stands 262 m to the west-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Jefferson Barracks Telephone Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Great River Road - Missouri passes 2.4 miles off. 26 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
1898
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates38.50654, -90.28217

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Artworks
Parks
  • Jefferson Barracks County Park: 0.5 mi
  • Sylvan Springs Park: 0.5 mi
  • R-9 County Park: 1.0 mi
  • Black Forest County Park: 1.5 mi
  • Union Road County Park: 1.8 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Grant's Farm Parking Lot: 4.9 mi
  • Busch Estate Carriage Rides: 5.0 mi
  • Shoemaker School: 7.0 mi
  • Budweiser Brewery Experience: 7.4 mi
  • Anheuser-Busch Brewery Tours: 7.4 mi
Gardens: 54
Peaks: 26
  • Oklahoma Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Government Hill: 8.9 mi
  • Art Hill: 9.2 mi
  • Big Mound (Historical): 10.7 mi
  • Mt Millstadt: 11.3 mi
Nature reserves: 26
Picnic sites: 22
Springs: 20
Ghost towns: 4
Cliffs: 4
  • Vilhauer Bluff: 16.2 mi
  • Climbing Area: 21.5 mi
  • Shelter bluff: 21.7 mi
  • La Charbonier Bluff: 22.1 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Wise Falls: 8.8 mi
  • Deer Lake Riffles: 9.4 mi
  • Dripping Springs: 17.7 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Stone Arch: 16.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Jefferson Barracks POW-MIA Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chinkapin HillWSW 250°262 m23.5 mi
Buck KnobSSW 192°259 m21.0 mi
Herman's HilltopWSW 250°248 m23.2 mi
Frisco HillSW 228°247 m12.6 mi
North LaBarque HillWSW 251°247 m24.0 mi
South LaBarque HillWSW 251°244 m24.2 mi
Antire HillW 272°237 m14.7 mi
Potato HillS 183°218 m15.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3819:13
June solstice05:3819:5020:29
September equinox06:5018:2519:00
December solstice07:1616:0216:44

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313645576675797770584636
Precip in2.72.33.54.64.84.35.03.13.43.03.32.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cahokia, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 72001492OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1244098845

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