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LaMotte

LaMotte from directly overhead

LaMotte is a ghost town in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 140 m. Buffalo Knob stands 305 m to the south-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Dupont Reservation Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Great River Road - Missouri passes 0.6 miles off. 29 named summits stand within 25 miles.

human settlement in Missouri, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates39.56056, -91.17972

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Ted Shanks Wildlife Management Area: 7.0 mi
  • Grubb Hollow Prairie Nature Preserve: 8.2 mi
  • Frankford City Park: 8.8 mi
  • Lincoln School Park: 10.0 mi
  • Riverview Park: 10.1 mi
Peaks: 29
  • Pickerton Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Lookout Mountain: 6.7 mi
  • Clinton Hill: 11.1 mi
  • Buffalo Knob: 12.6 mi
  • Davis Knob: 12.9 mi
Ghost towns: 9
Museums: 9
  • Mark Twain Museum & Gallery: 14.0 mi
  • Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum: 14.1 mi
  • Jim's Journey: The Huck Finn Freedom Center: 14.2 mi
  • Jim's Journey: 14.2 mi
  • Molly Brown Birthplace & Museum: 14.4 mi
Historic sites: 9
Rest areas: 3
Picnic sites: 2
Artworks: 2
  • Mark Twain Steamboat Pilot: 14.1 mi
  • Tom & Huck Statue: 14.2 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Kristy's Garden: 14.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buffalo KnobSSE 161°305 m20.3 mi
Springston KnobSSE 151°280 m24.9 mi
Ben Watts KnobSSE 148°275 m23.1 mi
Tedlock KnobSSE 152°275 m24.9 mi
Long KnobSE 144°267 m17.2 mi
Dale KnobSSE 149°263 m25.0 mi
Tower KnobSE 140°259 m20.4 mi
The MoundNE 37°257 m19.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4119:17
June solstice05:3819:5620:36
September equinox06:5318:2819:04
December solstice07:2316:0216:45

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293343556575797769584534
Precip in1.92.02.73.94.74.44.03.53.82.92.62.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Saverton L&D 22, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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