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Loring

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Loring is a ghost town in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 449 m. Lead Hill stands 529 m to the south-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Odin Woods Fork Public Fishing Access, a park 5.4 miles away. Historic Route 66 - MO passes 15 miles off. 63 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.

human settlement in Missouri, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates37.34472, -92.57472

63 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 23
  • Odin Woods Fork Public Fishing Access: 5.4 mi
  • Wilber Allen Memorial State Wildlife Area: 10.2 mi
  • Seymour State Wildlife Management Area: 12.2 mi
  • Town Square: 16.5 mi
  • South Park: 17.7 mi
Ghost towns: 13
Peaks: 5
  • Pleasant Knob: 10.8 mi
  • Lead Hill: 17.2 mi
  • Mary Gray Hill: 17.6 mi
  • North View Hill: 23.9 mi
  • Bald Knob Mountain: 24.0 mi
Historic sites: 5
  • Giant Buffalo: 15.7 mi
  • Doug Jones Grave: 16.0 mi
  • Rose Wilder's Grave: 16.0 mi
  • Laura Ingalls Wilder Grave: 16.0 mi
  • Carl Memorial: 16.5 mi
Cliffs: 4
Attractions: 3
  • White Hart Renaissance Fair: 7.8 mi
  • AbbyLee Modern Court Among the Trees ghost sign: 15.4 mi
  • Hubble Spacecraft Statue: 18.3 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Conway Rest Area (Eastbound): 17.8 mi
  • Conway Rest Area (Westbound): 18.0 mi
Springs: 2
  • Bell Spring: 19.0 mi
  • Cave Spring: 23.7 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Laura Ingals Wilder Statue: 16.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lead HillSSW 192°529 m17.2 mi
Mary Gray HillSSE 159°502 m17.6 mi
Pleasant KnobSSW 205°495 m10.8 mi
North View HillW 263°444 m23.9 mi
Bald Knob MountainSE 132°434 m24.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4819:22
June solstice05:5119:5620:35
September equinox06:5918:3519:09
December solstice07:2216:1616:57

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323645566472777668574636
Precip in2.42.34.14.75.44.14.03.53.83.33.83.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grovespring 1NE, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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