Rector
Rector is a ghost town in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 290 m. Red Hill stands 410 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Cave Spring, a spring 3.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 88 miles off. 115 named places lie within 25 miles, 13 of them named summits.
human settlement in Missouri, United States of America
How to reach it
- 88.0 mi off the Great River Road, National
115 named places within 25 miles
- Cave Spring: 3.1 mi
- Watson Spring: 4.1 mi
- White Oak Spring: 4.3 mi
- Pulltite Spring: 5.1 mi
- Fire Hydrant Spring: 5.2 mi
- Sunklands-Burr Oak State Wildlife Area: 6.1 mi
- Jadwin Community Center Grounds: 6.5 mi
- Current River State Park: 7.4 mi
- Echo Bluff State Park: 8.6 mi
- Skunk Pond State Wildlife Management Area: 9.2 mi
- Bald Knob: 12.3 mi
- Tower Hill: 12.4 mi
- Ball Hill: 13.4 mi
- Tip Top Mountain: 15.9 mi
- Red Hill: 16.1 mi
- Panther Bluff: 8.3 mi
- Echo Bluff: 8.6 mi
- Upper Dugan Bluff: 12.0 mi
- Lower Dugan Bluff: 12.3 mi
- Bee Bluff: 15.9 mi
- Cedargrove: 5.4 mi
- Sinkin: 5.7 mi
- Halcyon: 8.5 mi
- Turtle: 9.6 mi
- Max: 13.5 mi
- Welch Spring Hospital: 3.6 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 10.6 mi
- SHS Tiger Tank: 16.6 mi
- SHS Football: 16.7 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 16.8 mi
- Cedar Grove Conservation Area: 4.6 mi
- Flat Rock State Wildlife Area: 16.4 mi
- Shawnee Mac Lakes Conservation Area: 16.8 mi
- Midvale Conservation Area: 18.7 mi
- Joshua T. Chilton Memorial Access: 19.6 mi
- Welch Spring: 3.6 mi
- The Deer Statue: 15.9 mi
- The Gassy Pig: 16.3 mi
- Cross Country Trail Rides: 19.5 mi
- Pulltite: 5.4 mi
- Beach 3: 19.7 mi
- Beach 2: 19.8 mi
- Dent county museum: 16.6 mi
- Bonebrake Center of Nature and History: 16.6 mi
- Texas County Museum of Art: 20.1 mi
- Sinking Creek Day Use Area: 9.0 mi
- Round Spring: 10.4 mi
- Round Spring Natural Bridge: 10.3 mi
- Turner Natural Bridge: 16.7 mi
- Horseshoe Horse: 19.5 mi
- Dad's Garden: 22.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rector. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hill | ENE 67° | 410 m | 16.1 mi |
| Crooked Hill | NNE 31° | 410 m | 24.8 mi |
| Tower Hill | NE 40° | 400 m | 12.4 mi |
| Wildcat Mountain | SE 135° | 385 m | 21.5 mi |
| Coot Mountain | SE 139° | 379 m | 21.5 mi |
| Tip Top Mountain | SE 136° | 377 m | 15.9 mi |
| Ball Hill | NNE 30° | 366 m | 13.4 mi |
| Jerktail Mountain | SE 138° | 360 m | 17.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 19:52 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:30 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:11 | 16:52 |
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 | 33 | 36 | 46 | 56 | 64 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 68 | 56 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 6.2 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Round Spring 2SW, 11 mi away.
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