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Ovid

Ovid from directly overhead

Ovid is a ghost town in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 282 m. Mound Bogard stands 290 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Frank E. Wagner Conservation Area, a nature reserve 5.6 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 176 miles off. 86 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.

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Coordinates39.46751, -93.88410
Around it

86 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 46
  • Tait Memorial Park: 9.6 mi
  • Anderson Memorial Park: 11.2 mi
  • Ray County Community Lake: 12.2 mi
  • Hamann Park: 13.3 mi
  • Maurice Roberts Park: 13.8 mi
Nature reserves: 11
Museums: 6
  • Ray County Museum: 14.6 mi
  • Missouri Quilt Museum: 20.1 mi
  • Excelsior Springs Museum: 20.1 mi
  • J.C. Penney Museum: 20.1 mi
  • Carroll County Historical Museum: 22.4 mi
Peaks: 6
  • Needmore Hill: 15.2 mi
  • Mound Bogard: 18.4 mi
  • Long Tater Hill: 19.1 mi
  • Round Tater Hill: 19.5 mi
  • Stokes Mound: 23.0 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Historic sites: 3
Picnic sites: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Lathrop Truck Parking Southbound: 22.6 mi
  • Lathrop, Missouri Rest Area Northbound: 22.8 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Gabriella's Garden: 13.9 mi
Artworks: 1
Attractions: 1
  • Mount Vernon Church: 19.8 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Watkins Mill Beach: 20.6 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Tryst Falls: 21.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mound BogardE 90°290 m18.4 mi
Needmore HillNW 314°286 m15.2 mi
Stokes MoundENE 69°277 m23.0 mi
Long Tater HillENE 75°273 m19.1 mi
Shale HillNNE 33°267 m23.3 mi
Round Tater HillENE 75°252 m19.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5219:28
June solstice05:4920:0620:47
September equinox07:0418:3919:14
December solstice07:3316:1316:56

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263142526372777467544231
Precip in1.31.62.74.16.35.44.94.24.03.42.41.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Richmond 3S, 16 mi away.

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