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Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum

Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum, a museum in Missouri
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Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum, a museum in Missouri
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Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum, a museum in Missouri
Andrew Balet · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum, a museum in Missouri
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Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum, a museum in Missouri
Terry Ballard from Merrick, New York, USA · CC BY 2.0
Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum, a museum in Missouri
Cindy Lovell Oliver · Public domain

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Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum is a museum in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 147 m. The Mound stands 257 m to the east-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Mark Twain Boyhood Home, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Great River Road - Missouri runs past it. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

The Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum is located on 206-208 Hill Street, Hannibal, Missouri, on the west bank of the Mississippi River in the United States. It was the home of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as author Mark Twain, from 1844 to 1853. Clemens found the inspiration for many of his stories, including the white picket fence, while living here. It has been open to the public as a museum since 1912, and was designated a National Historic Landmark on December 29, 1962. It is located in the Mark Twain Historic District.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1912.

Wikidata Q6770078, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.71216, -91.35805

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Cardiff Hill Overlook Park: 0.1 mi
  • Cardiff Hill Park: 0.2 mi
  • Nipper Park at Glascock's Landing: 0.2 mi
  • Kiwanis Park: 0.2 mi
  • Broadway Mini Park: 0.2 mi
Historic sites: 11
Museums: 9
  • Jim's Journey: The Huck Finn Freedom Center: 0.1 mi
  • Jim's Journey: 0.1 mi
  • Mark Twain Museum & Gallery: 0.2 mi
  • Molly Brown Birthplace & Museum: 0.3 mi
  • Quincy Museum: 15.3 mi
Ghost towns: 9
Peaks: 7
  • Cardiff Hill: 0.4 mi
  • Holliday Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Harrison Hill: 1.3 mi
  • College Heights: 2.2 mi
  • Lookout Mountain: 7.5 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Gardens: 4
  • Kristy's Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Vermont Street Church Mission Garden: 15.5 mi
  • Sunken Garden: 16.8 mi
  • Illinois Veterans Home Memorial Garden: 17.0 mi
Rest areas: 3
Artworks: 2
  • Tom & Huck Statue: 0.1 mi
  • Mark Twain Steamboat Pilot: 0.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Attractions: 1
  • Villa Kathrine: 15.0 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Spalding Beach: 19.8 mi
Springs: 1
  • Seep: 22.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
The MoundENE 76°257 m22.1 mi
Pickerton HillSE 145°251 m14.8 mi
Lookout MountainSE 134°244 m7.5 mi
Harrison HillWNW 301°222 m1.3 mi
Holliday HillW 266°214 m0.6 mi
College HeightsNW 307°208 m2.2 mi
Cardiff HillNW 320°202 m0.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4219:18
June solstice05:3819:5720:37
September equinox06:5418:2919:04
December solstice07:2416:0216:45

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263142536473777567554331
Precip in2.12.32.84.35.04.94.13.93.53.42.82.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hannibal WTR WKS, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1375884665

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