Lovejoy
Lovejoy is a ghost town in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 112 m. Bald Knob stands 314 m to the east, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Apple Creek Conservation Area, a nature reserve 2.3 miles away. Great River Road - Missouri passes 7.4 miles off. 29 named summits stand within 25 miles.
human settlement in Missouri, United States of America
How to reach it
- 7.4 mi off the Great River Road - Missouri
- 3.6 mi off the Great River Road, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Wolf Lake Community Park: 5.2 mi
- Trail of Tears State Park: 5.4 mi
- Devil's Backbone Park: 7.4 mi
- Holy Boulders: 8.6 mi
- Oakwood Bottoms Greentree Reservoir Interpretive Site: 10.4 mi
- Tricky Hill: 4.8 mi
- McGee Hill: 5.2 mi
- Government Rock: 5.9 mi
- Iron Hill: 6.0 mi
- Sheppard Point: 7.4 mi
- Apple Creek Conservation Area: 2.3 mi
- La Rue Swamp Nature Preserve: 4.7 mi
- Vancill Hollow Natural Area: 5.8 mi
- Camp Hutchins: 5.9 mi
- Trail of Tears State Forest: 9.7 mi
- Mississippi River Tales: 15.8 mi
- Missouri Wall of Fame: 16.0 mi
- gym: 18.1 mi
- Faery: 22.0 mi
- Dragon Mosaic: 22.0 mi
- Wolf Lake Memorial Garden: 5.3 mi
- Shawnee Veterans Memorial Wall: 6.4 mi
- Bald Knob Cross of Peace: 10.0 mi
- Alto Pass Area Veterans Memorial: 11.8 mi
- Fort D: 16.8 mi
- Cobden Museum: 15.0 mi
- Cape River Heritage Museum: 15.8 mi
- Red House Interpretive Center: 16.1 mi
- The Glenn House: 16.3 mi
- Giant City Visitor Center: 19.2 mi
- Bald Knob Picnic Area: 18.5 mi
- Clearview: 18.7 mi
- Buttermilk Hill Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
- Shady Cove: 18.8 mi
- Oak Point Picnic Area: 18.9 mi
- Preachers Eye: 5.0 mi
- Devils Bake Oven: 7.6 mi
- Fountain Bluff: 10.3 mi
- Horseshoe Bluff: 11.1 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 12.2 mi
- Alto Clay Works: 11.7 mi
- Pomona Natural Bridge: 12.8 mi
- Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center: 13.5 mi
- Historic Cape Girardeau Bridge: 16.3 mi
- World’s Largest Fountain Drink Cup: 17.0 mi
- May Greene Garden: 15.8 mi
- Student Center Garden: 21.0 mi
- Kumakura Garden: 21.1 mi
- Kaity's Garden: 21.4 mi
- Flyover Public Garden: 21.8 mi
- Cave Spring: 8.4 mi
- Bottoms Spring: 10.5 mi
- Seep: 18.8 mi
- Fruitland Rest Area (Southbound): 8.5 mi
- Trail of Tears Rest Area - Southbound: 22.1 mi
- Trail of Tears Rest Area - Northbound: 22.2 mi
- Brownsville: 18.2 mi
- Grays Point: 20.5 mi
- Tacaogane: 24.5 mi
- Kinkaid Lake Spillway Falls: 17.3 mi
- Campground Beach: 22.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lovejoy. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | E 83° | 314 m | 10.0 mi |
| Tiptop Knob | E 89° | 269 m | 16.0 mi |
| Government Rock | ENE 60° | 250 m | 5.9 mi |
| Grassy Knob | NE 44° | 241 m | 7.8 mi |
| McGee Hill | E 80° | 240 m | 5.2 mi |
| Vick Hill | SSE 148° | 232 m | 17.7 mi |
| Coker Knob | S 174° | 228 m | 10.7 mi |
| Thompson Hill | S 175° | 221 m | 8.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:36 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:44 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:03 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 36 | 46 | 57 | 67 | 76 | 80 | 78 | 70 | 58 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jackson, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Day trips start here
- Cape Girardeau · 16 mi
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