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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 Archie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Archie 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 Archie:
- 38.483284, -94.353836
- 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 Archie
- 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 Cass County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cass County
- Since Archie is near Bates County and also Miami County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bates County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Miami 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 Archie
Communities Also Named Archie ...
We found four communities that are also named Archie.
Within Missouri, the name Archie is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Vermilion County
- This Archie is located in Vermilion County and lies 362 miles [582.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Archie that is located in Cass County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vermilion County community of Archie.
- Louisiana
- Catahoula Parish
- This Archie is located in Catahoula Parish and lies 495 miles [796.6 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Archie that is located in Cass County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Catahoula Parish community of Archie.
- Michigan
- Grand Traverse County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Archie [Grand Traverse County].
- Virginia
- Culpeper County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Archie [Culpeper County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Archie ...
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.
- Aaron
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Aaron is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aaron
- Crescent Hill ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Crescent Hill is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Hill
- Everett
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Everett is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
- Garden City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lacyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lacyville is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacyville
- Lone Tree
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lone Tree is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Tree
- Main City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Main City is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Main City
- Prettyman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Prettyman is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prettyman
- Rural Home ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rural Home is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Home
How Far From Archie 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 city such as Archie to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Archie and extending to:
- Harrisonville, which is the Seat of Cass County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Archie to Harrisonville, with an average speed<4> 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 117 miles [188.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 932 miles [1,499.9 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,596 miles [10,615.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,339 miles [11,811 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,226 miles [8,410.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Archie) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Archie 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Archie 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 Archie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4833, Longitude: -94.3538 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.839 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.929 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.667 degrees. |
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