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Recess

Recess from directly overhead

Recess is an artwork in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 164 m. Tavern Rock stands 272 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Sugabus, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 - MO passes 0.4 miles off. 26 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
2014
Material
wood;brick;concrete;stone
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.54584, -90.41861

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Laumeier Sculpture Park: 0.3 mi
  • Watson Trail Park: 0.7 mi
  • Emmeneger Nature Park: 1.0 mi
  • Football Sled: 1.2 mi
  • Football 4 Sled: 1.2 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Heroes Memorial: 1.7 mi
  • Ruins: 3.7 mi
  • Rosenblatt Monument: 6.1 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 6.2 mi
  • Aggregate Processing Works Ruins: 6.3 mi
Attractions
  • Southern Pacific Railroad #4460: 2.9 mi
  • Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad #5998: 2.9 mi
  • talian State Railways Ferrovie Dello Stato: 2.9 mi
  • U.S. Army #2002: 2.9 mi
  • General Motors #103 Locomotive: 2.9 mi
Gardens: 54
Nature reserves: 29
  • Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center: 0.7 mi
  • Bittersweet Woods Conservation Area: 3.7 mi
  • Phantom Forest Conservation Area: 3.7 mi
  • Forest 44 Conservation Area: 5.9 mi
  • Tweed Prairie: 9.3 mi
Peaks: 26
  • Antire Hill: 7.7 mi
  • Art Hill: 9.3 mi
  • Government Hill: 9.5 mi
  • Oklahoma Hill: 10.9 mi
  • Frisco Hill: 11.3 mi
Picnic sites: 22
Springs: 20
Ghost towns: 6
Cliffs: 4
  • Climbing Area: 13.8 mi
  • Shelter bluff: 14.0 mi
  • Vilhauer Bluff: 14.4 mi
  • La Charbonier Bluff: 18.7 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Deer Lake Riffles: 10.1 mi
  • Wise Falls: 10.1 mi
  • Dripping Springs: 11.9 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Stone Arch: 21.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tavern RockWNW 283°272 m18.5 mi
Chinkapin HillSW 234°262 m18.2 mi
Buck KnobS 172°259 m23.5 mi
Herman's HilltopSW 234°248 m17.8 mi
Frisco HillS 190°247 m11.3 mi
North LaBarque HillSW 236°247 m18.6 mi
South LaBarque HillSW 236°244 m18.8 mi
Antire HillWSW 253°237 m7.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3919:14
June solstice05:3819:5020:30
September equinox06:5018:2519:00
December solstice07:1616:0316:45

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333747586877817972604837
Precip in2.72.33.64.84.94.74.23.73.43.23.72.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Louis SCI CTR, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12300340959

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