Sinkin
Sinkin is a ghost town in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 352 m. Red Hill stands 410 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is White Oak Spring, a spring 3.8 miles away. Great River Road passes 84 miles off. 128 named places lie within 25 miles, 22 of them named summits.
human settlement in Missouri, United States of America
How to reach it
- 83.5 mi off the Great River Road, National
128 named places within 25 miles
- White Oak Spring: 3.8 mi
- Watson Spring: 4.3 mi
- Cave Spring: 5.9 mi
- Pulltite Spring: 6.9 mi
- Fire Hydrant Spring: 7.0 mi
- Bald Knob: 7.4 mi
- Tower Hill: 9.6 mi
- Red Hill: 11.0 mi
- Ball Hill: 11.5 mi
- Tip Top Mountain: 12.8 mi
- Current River State Park: 6.2 mi
- Echo Bluff State Park: 6.8 mi
- Loggers Lake Recreation Area: 8.1 mi
- Sinkin Experimental Forest: 9.2 mi
- Scotia Demonstration Area: 9.7 mi
- Panther Bluff: 6.0 mi
- Echo Bluff: 6.6 mi
- Upper Dugan Bluff: 8.4 mi
- Lower Dugan Bluff: 8.9 mi
- Bee Bluff: 12.5 mi
- Halcyon: 4.8 mi
- Rector: 5.7 mi
- Turtle: 7.9 mi
- Cedargrove: 11.1 mi
- Max: 11.5 mi
- Welch Spring Hospital: 9.3 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 13.1 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 18.0 mi
- SHS Tiger Tank: 18.1 mi
- SHS Football: 18.2 mi
- Cedar Grove Conservation Area: 10.2 mi
- Shawnee Mac Lakes Conservation Area: 17.5 mi
- Joshua T. Chilton Memorial Access: 18.0 mi
- Flat Rock State Wildlife Area: 18.1 mi
- Powder Mill Cave Natural Area: 19.8 mi
- Welch Spring: 9.3 mi
- The Deer Statue: 17.2 mi
- The Gassy Pig: 17.5 mi
- Cross Country Trail Rides: 17.8 mi
- Pulltite: 6.5 mi
- Beach 3: 17.9 mi
- Beach 2: 18.0 mi
- Sinking Creek Day Use Area: 7.3 mi
- Round Spring: 8.8 mi
- Round Spring Natural Bridge: 8.8 mi
- Turner Natural Bridge: 11.1 mi
- Dent county museum: 17.7 mi
- Bonebrake Center of Nature and History: 17.8 mi
- Horseshoe Horse: 18.0 mi
- Rocky Falls: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sinkin. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hill | NE 56° | 410 m | 11.0 mi |
| Crooked Hill | NNE 19° | 410 m | 22.3 mi |
| Tower Hill | NNE 14° | 400 m | 9.6 mi |
| Wildcat Mountain | SSE 148° | 385 m | 18.1 mi |
| Coot Mountain | SSE 153° | 379 m | 18.4 mi |
| Tip Top Mountain | SSE 155° | 377 m | 12.8 mi |
| Panther Hill | ESE 105° | 368 m | 21.6 mi |
| Ball Hill | N 5° | 366 m | 11.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 19:52 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 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, 10 mi away.
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