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Fourche a Renault

Fourche a Renault from directly overhead

Fourche a Renault is a ghost town in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 221 m. Buford Mountain stands 531 m to the south-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Shoot-in Bluff, a cliff 3.9 miles away. Great River Road passes 36 miles off. 172 named places lie within 25 miles, 36 of them named summits.

human settlement in Missouri, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates38.01338, -90.87763

172 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 40
Peaks: 36
Springs: 24
  • Cold Springs Spring House: 5.3 mi
  • Beecher Spring: 10.2 mi
  • Harmon Spring: 10.9 mi
  • Little Spring: 14.5 mi
  • Blue Springs: 14.7 mi
Historic sites: 18
  • Hawkins Homestead: 5.0 mi
  • WWI Memorial Plaque: 5.4 mi
  • In Loving Memory of Jason J Tonneas: 8.3 mi
  • In Loving Memory of Jay Koen: 8.4 mi
  • In Memory of Jay Koen: 8.4 mi
Ghost towns: 13
Cliffs: 12
Beaches: 6
  • LKW Waterfront: 5.2 mi
  • TL Waterfront: 5.3 mi
  • Sunrise Lake Beach: 18.7 mi
  • Chapel Hill Beach: 19.5 mi
  • Pim Lake Beach: 24.4 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Pontoon Rides: 5.3 mi
  • Canoehenge: 18.8 mi
  • Meramec Caverns: 19.6 mi
  • Meremec Caverns: 19.6 mi
  • Old Bus Stop and Gallery Route 66: 24.0 mi
Museums: 4
  • Space Museum: 18.8 mi
  • Bonne Terre Mine: 18.8 mi
  • Powerhouse: 23.5 mi
  • St Clair Historical Museum: 23.5 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Educational Garden: 5.0 mi
  • Flyleaf: 13.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Saint Clair Rest Area (Eastbound): 22.8 mi
  • Saint Clair Rest Area (Westbound): 22.9 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Hawkins Cove Natural Bridge: 5.4 mi
Waterfalls: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buford MountainSSE 155°531 m24.1 mi
Johnson MountainS 182°501 m19.8 mi
Bald KnobSSE 156°479 m22.6 mi
Pruitt MountainS 173°478 m19.1 mi
Middle MountainSE 134°469 m22.7 mi
Simms MountainSE 131°451 m22.8 mi
Logan MountainS 170°449 m19.8 mi
Iron MountainSSE 147°442 m25.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4119:16
June solstice05:4219:5120:30
September equinox06:5218:2719:02
December solstice07:1716:0716:48

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313544556472767567574535
Precip in2.82.74.15.15.34.13.64.03.93.13.73.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Potosi 4 SW, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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