Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Barry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Barry and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Barry
- 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 Barry:
- 39.246391, -94.600789
- 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 Barry
- 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 Clay County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Clay County
- Since Barry is near Platte County and also Wyandotte County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Platte County
- eBird sighting report for Wyandotte 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 Barry ...
We found eleven communities that share the name Barry.
Within Missouri, the name Barry is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, ten are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
- Illinois
- Kansas
- Coffey County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Barry [Coffey County].
- Greenwood County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Barry [Greenwood County].
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- Texas
- Washington
Curious and Interesting Names Near Barry ...
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.
- Acme
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Gashland
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Greenwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Houston Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Houston Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Lake
- Houston Lake is located in Platte County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
- Linkville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville
- Linkville is located in Platte County
- Maple Garden
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Garden have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Garden
- Maple Garden is located in Clay County
- Maple Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Park
- Maple Park is located in Clay County
- Moscow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Tarrytown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Tiffany Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tiffany Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiffany Springs
- Tiffany Springs is located in Platte County
How Far From Barry 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 Barry to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Barry and extending to:
- Liberty, which is the Seat of Clay County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Barry to Liberty, with an average speed<4> 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.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 940 miles [1,512.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 54 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,565 miles [10,565.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,310 miles [11,764.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,200 miles [8,368.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Barry. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Clay County: www.claycogov.com/
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Barry 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Barry) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Barry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2464, Longitude: -94.6008 In this case, the coordinates for Barry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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> | 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 Barry to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.054 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.277 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.644 degrees. |