Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Alice, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Alice and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Alice
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Alice:
- 37.298382, -92.188771
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Alice
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Texas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Texas County
- Since Alice is near Wright County and also Laclede County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Wright County
- eBird sighting report for Laclede County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Alice ...
We found twenty communities that share the name Alice.
Within Missouri, the name Alice is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twenty communities, nineteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Colorado
- Clear Creek County
- This Alice is located in Clear Creek County and lies 746 miles [1,200.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Alice that is located in Texas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clear Creek County community of Alice.
- Gilpin County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Gilpin County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gilpin County community of Alice.
- Georgia
- Pickens County
- Although located in Pickens County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pickens County community of Alice.
- Pulaski County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Alice [Pulaski County].
- Iowa
- Louisiana
- Mississippi
- Montana
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Ontario
- This Alice lies 963 miles [1,549.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Alice that is located in Texas County.
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Jim Wells County
- This Alice is located in Jim Wells County and lies 742 miles [1,194.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Alice that is located in Texas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jim Wells County community of Alice.
- Nueces County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Alice [Nueces County].
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Alice ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Antler ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Clara
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - Fowler
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Gravel Point ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gravel Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Point
- Gravel Point is located in Texas County
- Green Mountain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Mountain
- Green Mountain is located in Wright County
- Mitchells Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mitchells Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchells Corner
- Mitchells Corner is located in Texas County
- Pleasant Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Texas County
- Plum Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plum Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Valley
- Plum Valley is located in Texas County
- Rail
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
How Far From Alice to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Alice to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Alice and extending to:
- Houston, which is the Seat of Texas County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Alice to Houston, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 829 miles [1,334.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 48 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,578 miles [10,586.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,313 miles [11,769.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,194 miles [8,358.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Alice. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Alice) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Alice. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2984, Longitude: -92.1888 In this case, the coordinates for Alice have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Alice, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Alice could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <6> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Alice to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.314 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.009 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.863 degrees. |