Marcoot
Marcoot is a ghost town in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 353 m. Bell Mountain stands 519 m to the east-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Scotia Demonstration Area, a park 3.7 miles away. Great River Road passes 71 miles off. 129 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.
human settlement in Missouri, United States of America
How to reach it
- 70.8 mi off the Great River Road, National
129 named places within 25 miles
- Red Hill: 4.0 mi
- Tower Hill: 5.9 mi
- Ball Hill: 7.1 mi
- Crooked Hill: 11.1 mi
- Dillard Hill: 13.6 mi
- Howes Mill Spring: 5.5 mi
- Wishing Spring: 6.4 mi
- Mill Spring: 9.7 mi
- Cooks Spring: 9.9 mi
- Rattlesnake Spring: 10.0 mi
- Scotia Demonstration Area: 3.7 mi
- Sinkin Experimental Forest: 4.7 mi
- Loggers Lake Recreation Area: 11.4 mi
- Dillard Mill State Historic Site: 11.7 mi
- Center Street Park: 16.3 mi
- Ozark Trail Southern John Roth Memorial: 11.9 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 16.5 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 16.6 mi
- SHS Tiger Tank: 17.1 mi
- SHS Football: 17.2 mi
- Sutton Bluff: 14.7 mi
- Panther Bluff: 17.9 mi
- Indian Rock Bluff: 18.0 mi
- Upper Dugan Bluff: 18.1 mi
- Echo Bluff: 18.5 mi
- Dent county museum: 16.2 mi
- Bonebrake Center of Nature and History: 16.3 mi
- Taum Sauk Nature Museum: 23.8 mi
- The Deer Statue: 16.2 mi
- The Gassy Pig: 16.3 mi
- Welch Spring: 20.5 mi
- Sinking Creek Day Use Area: 19.1 mi
- Round Spring: 20.5 mi
- Skyline Roadside Park: 24.9 mi
- Turner Natural Bridge: 12.6 mi
- Round Spring Natural Bridge: 20.5 mi
- Shawnee Mac Lakes Conservation Area: 15.2 mi
- Cedar Grove Conservation Area: 20.1 mi
- Wolf Pen Hollow Waterfall: 15.2 mi
- Johnson Shut-Ins: 23.1 mi
- Pulltite: 19.3 mi
- Chapel Hill Beach: 22.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Marcoot. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bell Mountain | ENE 77° | 519 m | 22.0 mi |
| Lindsey Mountain | E 80° | 507 m | 22.6 mi |
| Johnson Mountain | ENE 59° | 501 m | 23.5 mi |
| High Top Mountain | E 85° | 483 m | 23.3 mi |
| Goggins Mountain | E 93° | 452 m | 20.2 mi |
| Red Hill | SSE 165° | 410 m | 4.0 mi |
| Crooked Hill | N 356° | 410 m | 11.1 mi |
| Sullivan Hill | N 6° | 410 m | 15.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:43 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 19:51 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:29 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:10 | 16:51 |
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 | 37 | 46 | 56 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 57 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salem, 16 mi away.
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