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Ryors

Ryors from directly overhead

Ryors is a ghost town in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 189 m. Indian House Mounds stands 328 m to the south-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Cedar Bluff, a cliff 2.5 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 83 miles off. 78 named places lie within 25 miles, 15 of them named summits.

ghost town in Missouri, United States

How to reach it

Coordinates38.48250, -91.69833

78 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 15
  • Hood Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Smith Hill: 6.7 mi
  • Cave Hill: 7.1 mi
  • Pilot Knobs: 8.9 mi
  • Cedar Hill: 10.0 mi
Parks: 15
  • Buschman Park: 14.2 mi
  • Memorial Park: 14.5 mi
  • Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge St. Auberts Island Unit: 14.6 mi
  • River Park: 14.9 mi
  • Clark's Hill/Norton State Historic Site: 18.5 mi
Cliffs: 14
Ghost towns: 11
Nature reserves: 11
Museums: 4
Attractions: 3
  • Hydrofoil Pier: 15.2 mi
  • Cote Sans Dessin: 17.4 mi
  • Hermann Caboose: 21.1 mi
Artworks: 3
  • Hermann: Germania's Liberator: 20.9 mi
  • Ace of Spades Garden Art: 21.0 mi
  • Missouri Valley Ice Cream Mural: 21.1 mi
Springs: 2
  • Meyers Spring: 12.7 mi
  • Big Spring: 24.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Indian House MoundsSSW 191°328 m22.4 mi
Pilot KnobSSW 207°300 m11.7 mi
Cave HillE 89°280 m7.1 mi
Kaiser HillENE 69°280 m23.4 mi
Negro HillNE 36°278 m23.6 mi
Boland KnobNNE 30°273 m20.5 mi
House MoundsSW 215°250 m22.7 mi
Bald HillE 91°248 m22.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4419:19
June solstice05:4419:5520:35
September equinox06:5518:3119:06
December solstice07:2116:0816:50

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303544556473777668564535
Precip in2.42.03.44.45.24.74.54.34.03.53.42.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Freedom, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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