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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 HillSSE280 m22.2 mi
Kaiser HillSE280 m23.6 mi
Negro HillESE278 m11.6 mi
Boland KnobESE273 m8.8 mi
Pilot KnobsSSE246 m23.1 mi
Roundabout HillE244 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 50–80 °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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