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Stancil

Stancil from directly overhead

Stancil is a ghost town in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 89 m. Fishgap Hill stands 154 m to the east-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Stewart, a ghost town 2.2 miles away. Great River Road passes 9.0 miles off. 77 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.

human settlement in Missouri, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates36.35139, -89.64528

77 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 38
  • Village Park: 5.9 mi
  • McCrate Park: 6.0 mi
  • Foster Park: 6.0 mi
  • Lakeview Park: 6.5 mi
  • Meatte Park: 6.7 mi
Ghost towns: 13
Rest areas: 8
  • Hayti Rest Area (Northbound): 8.3 mi
  • Missouri Welcome Center: 8.3 mi
  • Truck Parking: 13.2 mi
  • Missouri Welcome Center: 13.2 mi
  • Marston Rest Area (Southbound): 13.3 mi
Historic sites: 5
Nature reserves: 3
Peaks: 3
  • Indian Mound: 15.6 mi
  • Fishgap Hill: 21.9 mi
  • Indian Mound: 23.8 mi
Museums: 3
  • New Madrid Earthquake Museum: 17.4 mi
  • Higgerson Landing Museum: 17.5 mi
  • Dunklin County Museum: 24.2 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Carl Perkins Boyhood Home: 10.1 mi
  • Caboose: 10.1 mi
Cliffs: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Community Garden: 24.3 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Fishgap HillENE 65°154 m21.9 mi
Indian MoundNNE 12°96 m15.6 mi
Indian MoundNE 49°92 m23.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3719:11
June solstice05:4219:4220:20
September equinox06:4718:2318:57
December solstice07:0716:0816:48

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F354048596977807871604839
Precip in3.43.74.55.45.53.73.72.63.44.04.34.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portageville, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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