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Ajax

Ajax from directly overhead

Ajax is a ghost town in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 101 m. Childers Hill stands 213 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Poplin, a ghost town 4.3 miles away. Great River Road - Missouri passes 27 miles off. 66 named places lie within 25 miles, 10 of them named summits.

human settlement in Missouri, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates36.78972, -90.07167

Overlooks nearby

66 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 27
  • Otter Slough State Wildlife Management Area: 4.6 mi
  • Dexter City Park: 6.0 mi
  • East Park: 7.0 mi
  • Tammy Wynette Park: 13.9 mi
  • Spillway Recreation Area: 15.0 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Peaks: 10
  • Hodge Hill: 9.9 mi
  • Rock Knob: 11.2 mi
  • Shaw Ridge: 13.8 mi
  • Cow Knoll Ridge: 14.5 mi
  • Butter Shell Hill: 14.8 mi
Cliffs: 7
Museums: 4
  • Dexter Welcome Center Depot and Museum: 6.3 mi
  • Malden Army Airfield Museum: 13.9 mi
  • Margaret Harwell Art Museum: 18.0 mi
  • Poplar Bluff Museum: 18.3 mi
Attractions: 3
Historic sites: 1
  • Veterans Wall of Honor: 13.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Childers HillNNW 328°213 m22.2 mi
Hodge HillN 4°154 m9.9 mi
Rock KnobN 6°145 m11.2 mi
Ringer HillNE 36°140 m24.2 mi
Butter Shell HillNW 316°135 m14.8 mi
Horsehead KnollNNW 346°104 m16.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3819:12
June solstice05:4219:4520:23
September equinox06:4918:2518:59
December solstice07:1016:0816:48

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F364149607079828073614940
Precip in3.23.74.55.45.23.64.23.03.23.54.54.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Malden Muni AP, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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