Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Arbela, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Arbela and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Arbela
- 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 Arbela:
- 40.462407, -92.016477
- 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 Arbela
- 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 Scotland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Scotland County
- Since Arbela is near Clark County and also Knox County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Clark County
- eBird sighting report for Knox 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 Arbela ...
We found two communities that share the name Arbela.
Within Missouri, the name Arbela is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Michigan
- Ohio
Curious and Interesting Names Near Arbela ...
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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bible Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bible Grove
- Bible Grove is located in Scotland County
- Colony
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Colony is located in Knox County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Colony
- From Arbela to Colony
- Edinburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest) - Eldorado ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Energy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west) - Peaksville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaksville
- Peaksville is located in Clark County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Peaksville
- From Arbela to Peaksville
- Pleasant Retreat
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pleasant Retreat. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Retreat
- Pleasant Retreat is located in Scotland County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Pleasant Retreat
- From Arbela to Pleasant Retreat
- Sand Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Union
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast) - Unity
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Unity. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Unity is located in Scotland County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Unity
- From Arbela to Unity
How Far From Arbela 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 town such as Arbela to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Arbela and extending to:
- Memphis, which is the Seat of Scotland County, lies just to the West.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 802 miles [1,290.7 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Arbela to White House, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 46 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,411 miles [10,317.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,154 miles [11,513.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,042 miles [8,114.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Arbela. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Arbela 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 '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- Arbela) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Arbela. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4624, Longitude: -92.0165 |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <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 Arbela to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.351 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.474 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.106 degrees. |