Reading
Reading is a ghost town in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 138 m. Springston Knob stands 280 m to the south-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Ted Shanks Wildlife Management Area, a park 2.5 miles away. Great River Road - Missouri passes 1.2 miles off. 137 named places lie within 25 miles, 34 of them named summits.
human settlement in Missouri, United States of America
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the Great River Road - Missouri
- 1.2 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
137 named places within 25 miles
- Ted Shanks Wildlife Management Area: 2.5 mi
- Lincoln School Park: 4.9 mi
- Veterans Park: 4.9 mi
- American Legion Park: 4.9 mi
- Wallace Park: 5.0 mi
- Pickerton Hill: 4.7 mi
- Clinton Hill: 5.9 mi
- Buffalo Knob: 7.5 mi
- Davis Knob: 7.8 mi
- Jaeger Knob: 11.1 mi
- James Beauchamp Clark House: 10.8 mi
- Harman House Museum: 14.2 mi
- Mark Twain Museum & Gallery: 19.3 mi
- Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum: 19.4 mi
- Pike County All Wars Museum: 19.4 mi
- LaMotte: 5.4 mi
- Busch: 6.9 mi
- Booth: 11.6 mi
- New Philadelphia National Historic Site: 16.9 mi
- Hobart: 19.5 mi
- New Philadelphia National Historic Site interpretive kiosk: 16.9 mi
- Grant's Drugstore: 19.4 mi
- Judge Clemens Justice of the Peace Office: 19.4 mi
- Becky Thatcher House: 19.4 mi
- Mark Twain Boyhood Home: 19.4 mi
- Victor's Point Roadside Park: 7.8 mi
- Hallows Roadside Park: 8.6 mi
- Fall Creek Rest Stop: 22.1 mi
- Uncle Sammys Spring: 22.6 mi
- Parsons Spring: 23.3 mi
- Copper Spring: 24.1 mi
- Gosline Island: 7.7 mi
- Park-N-Fish: 11.9 mi
- Mark Twain Steamboat Pilot: 19.3 mi
- Tom & Huck Statue: 19.5 mi
- Kristy's Garden: 19.3 mi
- Saltpeter Bluff: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Reading. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springston Knob | SSE 151° | 280 m | 19.5 mi |
| Ben Watts Knob | SE 146° | 275 m | 17.7 mi |
| Tedlock Knob | SSE 153° | 275 m | 19.5 mi |
| Long Knob | SE 141° | 267 m | 11.8 mi |
| Dale Knob | SSE 148° | 263 m | 19.6 mi |
| Tower Knob | SE 136° | 259 m | 15.1 mi |
| Painter Knob | SE 135° | 257 m | 17.6 mi |
| The Mound | NNE 25° | 257 m | 22.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:41 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:55 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:02 | 16:45 |
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 | 27 | 32 | 42 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 67 | 56 | 43 | 32 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bowling Green 1 E, 10 mi away.
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