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Upalika

Upalika from directly overhead

Upalika is a ghost town in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 224 m. Clark Mountain stands 439 m to the north, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Markham Spring, a spring 3.5 miles away. Great River Road passes 68 miles off. 128 named places lie within 25 miles, 38 of them named summits.

human settlement in Missouri, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates36.93667, -90.63917

Overlooks nearby

128 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 38
Parks: 34
Ghost towns: 22
Cliffs: 16
Springs: 5
  • Markham Spring: 3.5 mi
  • Big Spring: 19.6 mi
  • Twin Spring: 20.7 mi
  • Malden Spring: 22.6 mi
  • Blue Spring: 24.9 mi
Museums: 3
  • Ellsinore Pioneer Museum: 6.0 mi
  • Poplar Bluff Museum: 17.7 mi
  • Margaret Harwell Art Museum: 18.3 mi
Attractions: 3
Historic sites: 1
  • Jesse James 1st train robbery: 21.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Float Camp: 22.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Clark MountainN 356°439 m17.8 mi
Des Arc MountainN 4°423 m22.6 mi
Mudlick MountainNNE 16°399 m23.4 mi
Rocky MountainN 8°387 m23.0 mi
Finley MountainNNW 344°386 m19.4 mi
Frenchman HillN 9°383 m20.4 mi
Aley MountainN 3°361 m19.7 mi
Green MountainNNE 12°336 m24.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4019:15
June solstice05:4419:4720:26
September equinox06:5118:2719:01
December solstice07:1316:1016:50

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333847576674797769574637
Precip in3.43.24.75.35.03.94.63.23.83.44.63.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clearwater DAM, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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