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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Adair, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Adair and the surrounding area.

  • 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 Adair:
    • 40.252257, -92.376578
    • 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.
    • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Adair
  • 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 Adair County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Adair County
    • Since Adair is near Knox County and also Scotland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Knox County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Scotland 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Adair

Communities Also Named Adair ...

We found seventeen communities that are also named Adair.

Within Missouri, the name Adair is unique.

Beyond Missouri, we know of seventeen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Las Animas County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Adair [Las Animas County].
    • Georgia
      • Murray County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Adair [Murray County].
    • Idaho
      • Shoshone County
      • This Adair is located in Shoshone County and lies 1,251 miles [2,013.3 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Adair that is located in Adair County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shoshone County community of Adair.
    • Illinois
      • McDonough County
      • This Adair is located in McDonough County and lies 99 miles [159.3 km]<2> to the east of the Adair that is located in Adair County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McDonough County community of Adair.
    • Iowa
      • Adair County
      • This Adair is located in Adair County and lies 146 miles [235 km]<2> to the northwest of the Adair that is located in Adair County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adair County community of Adair.
    • Kansas
      • Ellis County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Adair [Ellis County].
    • Kentucky
      • Hancock County
      • This Adair is located in Hancock County and lies 337 miles [542.3 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Adair that is located in Adair County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Adair.
    • Michigan
      • Saint Clair County
      • This Adair is located in Saint Clair County and lies 533 miles [857.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Adair that is located in Adair County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Adair.
    • Minnesota
      • Freeborn County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Adair [Freeborn County].
    • Mississippi
      • Carroll County
      • This Adair is located in Carroll County and lies 495 miles [796.6 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Adair that is located in Adair County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Adair.
    • Ohio
      • Columbiana County
      • This Adair is located in Columbiana County and lies 600 miles [965.6 km]<2> to the east of the Adair that is located in Adair County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbiana County community of Adair.
      • Monroe County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Adair [Monroe County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Mayes County
      • This Adair is located in Mayes County and lies 306 miles [492.5 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Adair that is located in Adair County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mayes County community of Adair.
    • Ontario
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Adair.
    • Tennessee
      • Madison County
      • This Adair is located in Madison County and lies 364 miles [585.8 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Adair that is located in Adair County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Adair.
    • Texas
      • Swisher County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Adair [Swisher County].
      • Terry County
      • This Adair is located in Terry County and lies 742 miles [1,194.1 km]<2> to the southwest of the Adair that is located in Adair County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Terry County community of Adair.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Adair ...

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.

  • Bible Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Bible Grove is located in Scotland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bible Grove
  • Clay ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Clay is located in Adair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
  • Edina
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Energy
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Energy is located in Scotland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Energy
  • Greentop
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Hazelville ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Hazelville is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelville
  • Kirksville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Milltown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Milltown is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
  • Paultown ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Paultown is located in Adair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paultown
    • Paultown has also been known as:
    • Paulville
  • Pleasant Retreat
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Pleasant Retreat is located in Scotland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Retreat
  • Sublette ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Sublette is located in Adair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublette
  • Trinity ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Trinity is located in Adair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
  • Unity
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Unity is located in Scotland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity

How Far From Adair to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Adair to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Adair once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Adair and extending to:

  • Kirksville, which is the Seat of Adair County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Adair to Kirksville, 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.
  • Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 116 miles [186.7 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 820 miles [1,319.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 47 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,434 miles [10,354.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,178 miles [11,551.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,066 miles [8,152.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Adair 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Adair) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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 Adair, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Adair to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Adair. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2523, Longitude: -92.3766       In this case, the coordinates for Adair have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.588 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.717 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.332 degrees.