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Garrett

Garrett from directly overhead

Garrett is a ghost town in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 262 m. Cave Hill stands 280 m to the south-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Loutre Lick Access, a nature reserve 6.4 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 79 miles off. 71 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.

human settlement in Missouri, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates38.80004, -91.64878

71 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 19
  • Baldwin State Wildlife Area: 7.9 mi
  • Graham Cave State Park: 8.5 mi
  • Mineola State Wildlife Area: 8.5 mi
  • Thornhill and Schulz State Wildlife Area: 8.7 mi
  • Stires Memorial Park: 9.1 mi
Nature reserves: 13
Museums: 8
Peaks: 6
  • Boland Knob: 8.8 mi
  • Negro Hill: 11.6 mi
  • Cave Hill: 22.2 mi
  • Roundabout Hill: 22.7 mi
  • Pilot Knobs: 23.1 mi
Cliffs: 6
Historic sites: 5
Attractions: 4
  • Hydrofoil Pier: 10.3 mi
  • Hermann Caboose: 13.3 mi
  • Play Day Farm: 16.0 mi
  • Cote Sans Dessin: 23.8 mi
Artworks: 4
  • Hermann: Germania's Liberator: 13.1 mi
  • Ace of Spades Garden Art: 13.1 mi
  • Missouri Valley Ice Cream Mural: 13.2 mi
  • Winston Churchill Entrance Statue: 16.8 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 1
  • Big Spring: 8.2 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Memorial Garden: 21.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cave HillSSE 168°280 m22.2 mi
Kaiser HillSE 126°280 m23.6 mi
Negro HillESE 104°278 m11.6 mi
Boland KnobESE 119°273 m8.8 mi
Pilot KnobsSSE 164°246 m23.1 mi
Roundabout HillE 98°244 m22.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4419:19
June solstice05:4319:5620:36
September equinox06:5518:3019:05
December solstice07:2216:0716:49

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283343546372767567554333
Precip in2.42.23.14.85.24.54.54.04.23.73.12.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fulton, 16 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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