Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Airport Drive

• 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 Airport Drive:
  • 37.140516, -94.516141
  • 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 Airport Drive

• 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 Jasper County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jasper County
  • Since Airport Drive is near Newton County and also Cherokee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Newton County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee 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 Airport Drive

Curious and Interesting Names Near Airport Drive ...

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.

• Badger
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Badger is located in Cherokee County (KS)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badger
• Blendville ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Blendville is located in Jasper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blendville
• Carl Junction
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Carl Junction is located in Jasper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl Junction
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,430 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carl Junction <1>
• Carterville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Carterville is located in Jasper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carterville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,965 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carterville <1>
• Chitwood
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Chitwood is located in Jasper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chitwood
• Gregg
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Gregg is located in Newton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregg
• Iron Gates
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Iron Gates is located in Jasper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Gates
• Lone Elm
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Lone Elm is located in Jasper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Elm
• Prosperity
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Prosperity is located in Jasper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
• Stringtown
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Stringtown is located in Jasper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown

How Far From Airport Drive 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 village such as Airport Drive to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Airport Drive and extending to:

• Carthage, which is the Seat of Jasper County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Airport Drive to Carthage, with an average speed<3> 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 161 miles [259.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 957 miles [1,540.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,671 miles [10,735.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,412 miles [11,928.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,296 miles [8,523.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'