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Poplin

Poplin from directly overhead

Poplin is a ghost town in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 100 m. Childers Hill stands 213 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Ajax, a ghost town 4.3 miles away. Great River Road - Missouri passes 31 miles off. 66 named places lie within 25 miles, 9 of them named summits.

human settlement in Missouri, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates36.78644, -90.14899

Overlooks nearby

66 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 27
Ghost towns: 12
Peaks: 9
  • Hodge Hill: 11.3 mi
  • Butter Shell Hill: 12.4 mi
  • Rock Knob: 12.6 mi
  • Shaw Ridge: 13.1 mi
  • Cow Knoll Ridge: 14.2 mi
Cliffs: 7
Museums: 4
  • Dexter Welcome Center Depot and Museum: 10.6 mi
  • Margaret Harwell Art Museum: 13.7 mi
  • Poplar Bluff Museum: 14.1 mi
  • Malden Army Airfield Museum: 15.6 mi
Attractions: 3
Nature reserves: 3
Historic sites: 1
  • Veterans Wall of Honor: 15.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Childers HillNNW 338°213 m20.4 mi
Hodge HillNNE 26°154 m11.3 mi
Rock KnobNNE 26°145 m12.6 mi
Butter Shell HillNNW 331°135 m12.4 mi
Horsehead KnollN 0°104 m16.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3919:13
June solstice05:4319:4520:24
September equinox06:4918:2518:59
December solstice07:1016:0816:49

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F364049596877807871604739
Precip in3.53.74.95.65.13.73.73.44.04.04.94.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Poplar Bluff Muni AP, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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