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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 Ashcroft Addition, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ashcroft Addition 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 Ashcroft Addition:
- 36.744222, -90.389555
- 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 Ashcroft Addition
- 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 Butler County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butler County
- Since Ashcroft Addition is near Stoddard County and also Ripley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stoddard County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ripley 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 Ashcroft Addition
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ashcroft Addition ...
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.
- Cedar Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Valley is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley
- Empire
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Empire is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Green Forest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Green Forest is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Forest
- Kelly Town
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Kelly Town is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly Town
- Morocco
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Morocco is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morocco
- Poplar Bluff
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Shady Dell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shady Dell is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Dell
- Vinegar Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Vinegar Hill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinegar Hill
How Far From Ashcroft Addition 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 community such as Ashcroft Addition to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Ashcroft Addition and extending to:
- Poplar Bluff, which is the Seat of Butler County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 159 miles [255.9 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Ashcroft Addition 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 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 742 miles [1,194.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 43 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,538 miles [10,521.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,267 miles [11,695.1 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Ashcroft Addition) 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 Ashcroft Addition 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 Ashcroft Addition. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7442, Longitude: -90.3896 In this case, the coordinates for Ashcroft Addition have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.107 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.538 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.149 degrees. |
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