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Monroe City School

Monroe City School from directly overhead

Monroe City School is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 227 m. Vinegar Hill stands 324 m to the southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is James Brown Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Great River Road - Missouri passes 6.0 miles off. 24 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
1918
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.30944, -90.27957

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • James Brown Park: 0.2 mi
  • Borsch Park: 1.8 mi
  • White Rocks Nature Preserve: 2.6 mi
  • Glen Park: 5.4 mi
  • Waterloo Fairgounds: 5.8 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Shoemaker School: 9.9 mi
  • Sandy Creek Covered Bridge: 13.4 mi
  • Pink Elephant: 13.5 mi
  • Busch Estate Carriage Rides: 17.1 mi
  • Grant's Farm Parking Lot: 17.2 mi
Museums: 57
Gardens: 45
Peaks: 24
  • Potato Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Buck Knob: 8.2 mi
  • Frisco Hill: 10.9 mi
  • 690 ft: 12.2 mi
  • Oklahoma Hill: 13.1 mi
Picnic sites: 19
Nature reserves: 16
Springs: 16
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • Wise Falls: 22.4 mi
  • Deer Lake Riffles: 23.0 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Stone Arch: 4.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Bloomsdale Rest Area (Northbound): 19.3 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Sunrise Lake Beach: 22.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Vinegar HillSW 215°324 m24.5 mi
Chinkapin HillWNW 284°262 m23.0 mi
Buck KnobSSW 212°259 m8.2 mi
Herman's HilltopWNW 285°248 m22.7 mi
Frisco HillWNW 299°247 m10.9 mi
North LaBarque HillWNW 284°247 m23.6 mi
South LaBarque HillWNW 284°244 m23.7 mi
Antire HillNW 314°237 m20.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3819:13
June solstice05:3919:4920:29
September equinox06:5018:2519:00
December solstice07:1516:0316:45

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323645566574787669584636
Precip in2.72.54.04.94.84.73.83.63.42.83.52.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Festus, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1465395597

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