Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Adams, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Adams and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Adams
- 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 Adams:
- 40.515272, -94.254678
- 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 Adams
- 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 Worth County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Worth County
- Since Adams is near Ringgold County and also Harrison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Ringgold County
- eBird sighting report for Harrison 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 Adams ...
We found 53 communities that share the name Adams.
There are two communities within Missouri that are also named Adams.
Beyond Missouri, we know of another 49 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 49 communities, 50 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
In addition to the above occurrences of Adams, we know of two communities located outside of the United States and Canada.
- Communities Located In Missouri ...
- Buchanan County
- Jackson County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Chilton County
- This Adams is located in Chilton County and lies 675 miles [1,086.3 km]<2> to the southeast of the Adams that is located in Worth County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chilton County community of Adams.
- Mobile 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 Alabama community of Adams [Mobile County].
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Clarke County
- This Adams is located in Clarke County and lies 747 miles [1,202.2 km]<2> to the southeast of the Adams that is located in Worth County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Adams.
- Irwin 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 Adams [Irwin County].
- Lee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Adams [Lee County].
- Richmond County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Adams [Richmond County].
- Wilcox County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Adams [Wilcox County].
- Illinois
- Adams County
- This Adams is located in Adams County and lies 167 miles [268.8 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Adams that is located in Worth County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Adams.
- Livingston County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Adams [Livingston County].
- Indiana
- Allen 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 Indiana community of Adams [Allen County].
- Decatur County
- This Adams is located in Decatur County and lies 466 miles [750 km]<2> to the east of the Adams that is located in Worth County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Decatur County community of Adams.
- Morgan County
- This Adams is located in Morgan County and lies 423 miles [680.8 km] to the east of the Adams that is located in Worth County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Adams.
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Nebraska
- Gage County
- This Adams is located in Gage County and lies 118 miles [189.9 km]<2> to the west of the Adams that is located in Worth County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gage County community of Adams.
- Kimball 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 Nebraska community of Adams [Kimball County].
- New Jersey
- New York
- North Carolina
- Wake 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 North Carolina community of Adams [Wake County].
- Watauga County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Adams [Watauga County].
- North Dakota
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Armstrong County
- This Adams is located in Armstrong County and lies 764 miles [1,229.5 km]<2> to the east of the Adams that is located in Worth County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Armstrong County community of Adams.
- Huntingdon County
- This Adams is located in Huntingdon County and lies 860 miles [1,384 km] to the east of the Adams that is located in Worth County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Huntingdon County community of Adams.
- Schuylkill 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 Pennsylvania community of Adams [Schuylkill County].
- Somerset County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Adams [Somerset County].
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Bexar 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 Adams [Bexar County].
- Lamar County
- This Adams is located in Lamar County and lies 475 miles [764.4 km]<2> to the south of the Adams that is located in Worth County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lamar County community of Adams.
- Schleicher County
- This Adams is located in Schleicher County and lies 741 miles [1,192.5 km] to the south southwest of the Adams that is located in Worth County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schleicher County community of Adams.
- Vermont
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Adams County
- This Adams is located in Adams County and lies 328 miles [527.9 km]<2> to the northeast of the Adams that is located in Worth County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Adams.
- Walworth County
- This Adams is located in Walworth County and lies 334 miles [537.5 km] to the east northeast of the Adams that is located in Worth County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walworth County community of Adams.
- Alabama
- Communities Beyond North America ...
Curious and Interesting Names Near Adams ...
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.
- Eagleville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- Eagleville is located in Harrison County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eagleville <4>
- Lee ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast) - Lone Star
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south) - Marshall ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north) - Martinsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martinsville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Martinsville is located in Harrison County
- Pinhook
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south) - Prohibition City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prohibition City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prohibition City
- Prohibition City is located in Worth County
- Worth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth
- Worth is located in Worth County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
How Far From Adams to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Adams 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 community of Adams once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Adams and extending to:
- Grant City, which is the Seat of Worth County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 919 miles [1,479 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Adams to White House, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 53 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 36 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,487 miles [10,439.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,234 miles [11,642 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,127 miles [8,251.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Adams 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Adams) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Adams. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5153, Longitude: -94.2547 In this case, the coordinates for Adams have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Adams, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Adams to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.882 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.243 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.216 degrees. |