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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 Albany Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Albany Junction and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Albany Junction:
    • 40.226940, -94.369124
    • 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 Albany Junction
  • 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 Gentry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Gentry County
    • Since Albany Junction is near Harrison County and also Worth County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Harrison County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Worth 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 Albany Junction

Communities Also Named Albany Junction ...

We found one communities that are also named Albany Junction.

Within Missouri, the name Albany Junction is unique.

Beyond Missouri, there is another community also named Albany Junction in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Dougherty 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 Albany Junction [Dougherty County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Albany Junction ...

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.

  • Berlin
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Berlin is located in Gentry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
  • Ford City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Ford City is located in Gentry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford City
  • Island City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Island City is located in Gentry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
  • Lone Star
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Lone Star is located in Gentry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
  • Martinsville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Martinsville is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
  • Mount Pleasant
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Gentry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Pinhook
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Pinhook is located in Gentry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
  • Prohibition City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Prohibition City is located in Worth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prohibition City
  • Voyage ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Voyage is located in Gentry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voyage
  • Worth
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Worth is located in Worth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people

How Far From Albany Junction 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 Albany Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Albany, which is the Seat of Gentry County, lies just to the Northeast.
  • Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 163 miles [262.3 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Albany Junction to Jefferson City, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 925 miles [1,488.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 53 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,506 miles [10,470.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,253 miles [11,672.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,145 miles [8,280.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Albany Junction 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Albany Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Albany Junction 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 Albany Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2269, Longitude: -94.3691       In this case, the coordinates for Albany Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.948 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.281 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.333 degrees.