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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 Amazonia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Amazonia 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 Amazonia:
- 39.888670, -94.892776
- 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 Amazonia
- 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 Andrew County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Andrew County
- Since Amazonia is near Doniphan County and also Buchanan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Doniphan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Buchanan 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 Amazonia
Communities Also Named Amazonia ...
We found one communities that are also named Amazonia.
Within Missouri, the name Amazonia is unique.
Beyond Missouri, there is another community also named Amazonia in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Dorn 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 Amazonia [Dorn County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Amazonia ...
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.
- Avenue City ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Avenue City is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenue City
- Blair
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Blair is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Dean
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dean is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
- Fanning
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Fanning is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanning
- Flag Springs ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Flag Springs is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flag Springs
- Forest City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Helena
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Helena is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Lone Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lone Corner is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Corner
- Maxey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Maxey is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxey
- Oregon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Richville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Richville is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- Sparks
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Sparks is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
- Union Star
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Union Star is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Star
- Population from the 2020 Census: 415 people
How Far From Amazonia 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 village such as Amazonia to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Amazonia and extending to:
- Savannah, which is the Seat of Andrew County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 171 miles [275.2 km]<3> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Amazonia to Jefferson City, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about 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 953 miles [1,533.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,541 miles [10,526.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,289 miles [11,730.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,181 miles [8,338 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Amazonia 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Amazonia) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Amazonia 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 Amazonia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8887, Longitude: -94.8928 In this case, the coordinates for Amazonia have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.291 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.633 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.664 degrees. |
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