Longwell Museum
Longwell Museum is a museum in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 384 m. Gobblers Knob stands 390 m to the south, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is WWII ruin, a historic site 1.9 miles away. Historic Route 66 - MO passes 20 miles off. 142 named places lie within 25 miles, 10 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Crowder College
How to reach it
- 19.6 mi off the Historic Route 66 - MO
- 22.9 mi off the Kansas Historic Route 66 Byway
- 24.3 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
142 named places within 25 miles
- Neosho Memorial Park: 3.1 mi
- Neosho Soccer Park: 3.7 mi
- Big Spring Park: 3.8 mi
- Morse Park: 3.9 mi
- Morse Park: 4.2 mi
- Bicentennial Conservation Area: 2.0 mi
- Fort Crowder Conservation Area: 2.9 mi
- Goodman Towersite: 4.1 mi
- Lime Kiln Access: 5.7 mi
- Allen Bridge Access: 7.4 mi
- WWII ruin: 1.9 mi
- WWII Structure: 1.9 mi
- Camp Crowder structure foundation: 2.5 mi
- Camp Crowder structure foundation: 2.5 mi
- Apple Park Water Tower: 18.4 mi
- Coal Mine Hill: 6.9 mi
- Holloway Mountain: 9.0 mi
- Tatum Hill: 11.6 mi
- Pine Hill: 14.9 mi
- High Point: 17.3 mi
- Newton County Historical Museum: 3.9 mi
- Samuel J. Butcher Museum: 20.6 mi
- Dorothea B. Hoover Historical Museum: 21.4 mi
- Joplin History & Mineral Museum: 21.5 mi
- Everett J. Ritchie Tri-State Mineral Museum: 21.5 mi
- KCS Anderson Depot: 12.2 mi
- The house of Bonnie and Clyde: 18.4 mi
- Tristate Marker: 18.8 mi
- Kansas CIty Southern RR Noel Depot: 19.8 mi
- Schifferdecker home: 20.7 mi
- Carver Bust: 11.9 mi
- Old Tristate Marker: 18.8 mi
- Butterfly Mural: 19.3 mi
- Route 66 Mural Park: 20.4 mi
- Belonging to All the Hands Who Build: 20.7 mi
- Owens Bluff: 13.1 mi
- Clemens Bluff: 14.6 mi
- Bee Bluff: 15.9 mi
- Mother Nature's Crack: 17.0 mi
- White Rock Bluff: 17.1 mi
- Monark Springs: 5.4 mi
- Enterprise: 16.6 mi
- Cayuga: 19.9 mi
- Grand Falls: 17.9 mi
- Grand Falls: 17.9 mi
- Tanyard Creek Falls: 24.7 mi
- McMahan Spring: 3.6 mi
- Gibson Spring: 4.0 mi
- Red Dirt Farm: 12.3 mi
- Butterfly Garden and Overlook: 19.5 mi
- Joplin Rest Area (Eastbound): 17.7 mi
- Truck Parking: 17.9 mi
- Bunker: 21.8 mi
- bunker: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Longwell Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gobblers Knob | S 178° | 390 m | 24.5 mi |
| High Point | SSE 155° | 385 m | 17.3 mi |
| Pine Hill | S 169° | 373 m | 14.9 mi |
| Coal Mine Hill | SE 144° | 367 m | 6.9 mi |
| Holloway Mountain | SSW 197° | 367 m | 9.0 mi |
| Tatum Hill | SSW 208° | 356 m | 11.6 mi |
| Polk Mountain | S 169° | 351 m | 17.9 mi |
| Bobs Knob | SSE 168° | 337 m | 19.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 20:02 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:42 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:25 | 17:05 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 40 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 76 | 80 | 79 | 71 | 60 | 49 | 39 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 5.3 | 6.7 | 5.7 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Neosho, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12719075313
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