Red House Interpretive Center
Red House Interpretive Center is a museum in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 104 m. Bald Knob stands 314 m to the north-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Murtaugh Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Great River Road - Missouri passes 1.9 miles off. 130 named places lie within 25 miles, 36 of them named summits.
Museum commemorating the life of community founder Louis Lorimier, as well as the visit of Lewis and Clark in 1803.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 1.9 mi off the Great River Road - Missouri
- 3.9 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 23.4 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
130 named places within 25 miles
- Murtaugh Park: 0.0 mi
- Indian Park: 0.2 mi
- Courthouse Park: 0.3 mi
- Riverfront Park: 0.4 mi
- Missouri Park: 0.6 mi
- Cape Rock: 2.3 mi
- Mount Tabor: 4.2 mi
- Coker Knob: 5.4 mi
- Grassy Knob: 6.4 mi
- Thompson Hill: 7.3 mi
- Cape Woods Conservation Area: 3.2 mi
- Cape Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area: 4.4 mi
- Tywappity Conservation Area: 10.0 mi
- Union County State Fish and Wildlife Area: 11.1 mi
- Vancill Hollow Natural Area: 11.2 mi
- Grays Point: 5.0 mi
- Ancell: 9.2 mi
- New York: 10.1 mi
- Shasta: 13.5 mi
- Redman: 13.5 mi
- Fort D: 0.8 mi
- World’s Largest Fountain Drink Cup: 3.0 mi
- (Former site) Terrace Inn: 3.6 mi
- Shawnee Veterans Memorial Wall: 14.0 mi
- Wolf Lake Memorial Garden: 14.7 mi
- The Glenn House: 0.2 mi
- Cape River Heritage Museum: 0.4 mi
- Scott City Historical Museum: 5.8 mi
- Historic Thebes Courthouse: 6.5 mi
- Cobden Museum: 21.7 mi
- Historic Cape Girardeau Bridge: 0.3 mi
- World’s Largest Fountain Drink Cup: 3.0 mi
- Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center: 4.9 mi
- Alto Clay Works: 21.8 mi
- Truck Parking: 15.6 mi
- Fruitland Rest Area (Southbound): 15.7 mi
- Trail of Tears Rest Area - Northbound: 24.1 mi
- Trail of Tears Rest Area - Southbound: 24.1 mi
- Missouri Wall of Fame: 0.1 mi
- Mississippi River Tales: 0.3 mi
- Preachers Eye: 18.1 mi
- Devils Bake Oven: 23.6 mi
- May Greene Garden: 0.4 mi
- Cave Spring: 21.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Red House Interpretive Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | NNE 29° | 314 m | 19.8 mi |
| Tiptop Knob | NE 43° | 269 m | 22.6 mi |
| Government Rock | NNE 13° | 250 m | 19.5 mi |
| Grassy Knob | NNW 347° | 242 m | 6.4 mi |
| Grassy Knob | NNE 13° | 241 m | 22.2 mi |
| McGee Hill | NNE 15° | 240 m | 17.6 mi |
| Vick Hill | E 84° | 232 m | 8.9 mi |
| Coker Knob | N 5° | 228 m | 5.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:36 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:44 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 16:04 | 16:45 |
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 | 35 | 39 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 76 | 79 | 77 | 70 | 59 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cape Girardeau Muni AP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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- Cape Girardeau · 2 mi
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