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Quote is a ghost town in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 237 m. Mound Bogard stands 290 m to the east-southeast, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Fisher, a ghost town 4.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 184 miles off. 79 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.

human settlement in Missouri, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates39.53917, -93.68333

79 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 41
  • Tait Memorial Park: 6.1 mi
  • Anderson Memorial Park: 7.9 mi
  • YMCA park: 15.6 mi
  • Carrollton Recerational Park: 15.6 mi
  • Martin Park: 15.6 mi
Nature reserves: 16
Ghost towns: 7
Peaks: 7
  • Long Tater Hill: 7.8 mi
  • Round Tater Hill: 8.2 mi
  • Mound Bogard: 9.2 mi
  • Stokes Mound: 11.3 mi
  • Shale Hill: 14.7 mi
Museums: 5
  • Carroll County Historical Museum: 16.0 mi
  • Grand River Historical Society Museum: 19.2 mi
  • Missouri Quilt Museum: 21.8 mi
  • J.C. Penney Museum: 22.0 mi
  • Ray County Museum: 24.6 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • old fountain: 15.7 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Gabriella's Garden: 23.8 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Maxie, The World's Largest Goose: 24.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mound BogardESE 123°290 m9.2 mi
Needmore HillWNW 285°286 m22.3 mi
Stokes MoundENE 72°277 m11.3 mi
Long Tater HillE 90°273 m7.8 mi
Shale HillN 8°267 m14.7 mi
Round Tater HillE 90°252 m8.2 mi
Shields HillSE 134°241 m20.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5119:27
June solstice05:4820:0620:46
September equinox07:0318:3819:14
December solstice07:3216:1216:55

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273243546474787668564332
Precip in1.41.92.53.95.15.44.34.44.33.22.21.6

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

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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