Skip to content

Lovejoy

Lovejoy from directly overhead

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. 31 named summits stand within 25 miles.

human settlement in Missouri, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates37.53333, -89.52806

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • 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
Peaks: 31
  • 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
Artworks: 18
  • Mississippi River Tales: 15.8 mi
  • Missouri Wall of Fame: 16.0 mi
  • ps: 18.1 mi
  • gym: 18.1 mi
  • k: 20.8 mi
Historic sites: 16
Museums: 12
Picnic sites: 11
Attractions: 9
Cliffs: 7
Gardens: 5
Rest areas: 4
Springs: 3
  • Cave Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Bottoms Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Seep: 18.8 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 1
  • Kinkaid Lake Spillway Falls: 17.3 mi
Beaches: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald KnobE 83°314 m10.0 mi
Tiptop KnobE 89°269 m16.0 mi
Government RockENE 60°250 m5.9 mi
Grassy KnobS 185°242 m9.9 mi
Grassy KnobNE 44°241 m7.8 mi
McGee HillE 80°240 m5.2 mi
Vick HillSSE 148°232 m17.7 mi
Coker KnobS 174°228 m10.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3619:10
June solstice05:3819:4420:23
September equinox06:4718:2218:57
December solstice07:1016:0316:44

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323646576776807870584536
Precip in3.33.75.05.55.54.24.33.63.43.74.63.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jackson, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

WikipediaWikidata
More ghost towns in Missouri

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Lovejoy.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens