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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 Baderville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Baderville 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 Baderville:
- 36.554504, -89.737027
- 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 Baderville
- 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 New Madrid County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for New Madrid County
- Since Baderville is near Stoddard County and also Pemiscot 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 Pemiscot 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 Baderville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Baderville ...
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.
- Cody ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cody is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cody
- Crumpecker ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Crumpecker is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crumpecker
- Forest Spur
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Forest Spur is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Spur
- Howardville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Howardville is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
- Hurricane Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hurricane Ridge is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane Ridge
- Lone Star
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lone Star is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Portageville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sky
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sky is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sky
How Far From Baderville 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 community such as Baderville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Baderville and extending to:
- New Madrid, which is the Seat of New Madrid County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Baderville to New Madrid, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 193 miles [310.6 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 711 miles [1,144.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
- The shortest distance<4> 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).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,249 miles [11,666.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,126 miles [8,249.5 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Baderville) 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 Baderville 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 Baderville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5545, Longitude: -89.7370 In this case, the coordinates for Baderville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.677 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.015 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.896 degrees. |
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