Raftville
Raftville is a ghost town in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 314 m. Lead Hill stands 495 m to the south-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Boiling Spring, a spring 0.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 108 miles off. 70 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.
human settlement in Missouri, United States of America
How to reach it
- 107.9 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 26.2 mi off the Historic Route 66 - MO
- 28.4 mi off the Blue Buck Knob Scenic Byway
70 named places within 25 miles
- Hazleton: 5.0 mi
- Plum Valley: 8.4 mi
- Roubidoux: 9.0 mi
- Edanville: 9.9 mi
- Turley: 10.6 mi
- Boiling Spring: 0.1 mi
- Burnett Spring: 2.1 mi
- Falling Springs: 4.7 mi
- Hazelton Spring: 5.0 mi
- Mineral Spring: 6.8 mi
- Horseshoe Bend Natural Area: 6.6 mi
- Peter A. Eck Conservation Area: 8.8 mi
- George O. White State Forest Nursery: 8.8 mi
- Dogs Bluff Access: 9.0 mi
- Piney River Narrows Conservation Area: 9.4 mi
- Emmet Kelly Park: 9.3 mi
- Rodeo Stadium: 11.7 mi
- Larson State Wildlife Management Area: 22.1 mi
- Wilber Allen Memorial State Wildlife Area: 22.9 mi
- Richard F Clement Memorial State Forest and Wildlife Area: 23.2 mi
- Narrow Gap Bluff: 1.7 mi
- Bell Bluff: 3.7 mi
- White Rock Bluff: 9.6 mi
- Pine Bluff: 13.6 mi
- Cabbage Head: 11.0 mi
- Deckers Point: 23.5 mi
- Lead Hill: 25.0 mi
- Texas County Museum of Art: 7.9 mi
- U.S. Army Engineer, Chemical, and Military Police Museum: 21.0 mi
- Welch Spring Hospital: 23.3 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 24.6 mi
- Paddy Creek Natural Arch: 7.7 mi
- Dad's Garden: 17.9 mi
- Welch Spring: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Raftville. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead Hill | SSW 207° | 495 m | 25.0 mi |
| Cabbage Head | NNW 345° | 332 m | 11.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:54 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:13 | 16:54 |
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 | 36 | 45 | 55 | 65 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 68 | 57 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Licking 4N, 9 mi away.
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