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 Asherville:
36.898664, -90.187324
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 Asherville
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 Stoddard County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found two communities that are also named Asherville.
Within Missouri, the name Asherville is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Indiana
Clay County
This Asherville is located in Clay County and lies 245 miles [394.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Asherville that is located in Stoddard County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Asherville.
Kansas
Mitchell County
This Asherville is located in Mitchell County and lies 456 miles [733.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Asherville that is located in Stoddard County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mitchell County community of Asherville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Asherville ...
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.
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 community such as Asherville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Asherville and extending to:
Bloomfield, which is the Seat of Stoddard County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Asherville to Bloomfield, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 158 miles [254.3 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 729 miles [1,173.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,522 miles [10,496.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,252 miles [11,671 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,129 miles [8,254.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 from Point A (ie- Asherville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 Asherville 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 Asherville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8987, Longitude: -90.1873 In this case, the coordinates for Asherville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.985 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.418 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.025 degrees.