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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 Bennett Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bennett Springs and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Bennett Springs:
    • 37.726984, -92.855737
    • 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 Bennett Springs
  • 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 Laclede County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Laclede County
    • Since Bennett Springs is near Dallas County and also Camden County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dallas County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Camden 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 Bennett Springs

Communities Also Named Bennett Springs ...

We found two communities that are also named Bennett Springs.

Within Missouri, the name Bennett Springs is unique.

Beyond Missouri, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Atchison 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 Bennett Springs [Atchison County].
    • Virginia
      • Roanoke County
      • This Bennett Springs is located in Roanoke County and lies 701 miles [1,128.2 km]<2> to the east of the Bennett Springs that is located in Laclede County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke County community of Bennett Springs.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bennett Springs ...

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.

  • Case
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Case is located in Laclede County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Case
  • Cedar Ridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Cedar Ridge is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Ridge
  • Celt
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Celt is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celt
  • Corkery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Corkery is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corkery
  • Dove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Dove is located in Laclede County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dove
  • Grace
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Grace is located in Laclede County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace
  • Ira
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Ira is located in Laclede County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira
  • Leadmine
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Leadmine is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadmine
  • Long Lane
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Long Lane is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lane
  • Miller Ford ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Miller Ford is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Ford
  • Ralphwhite Ford ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Ralphwhite Ford is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralphwhite Ford
  • Sweet Hollow Ford ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Sweet Hollow Ford is located in Laclede County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Hollow Ford
  • Tom Hollow Ford ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Tom Hollow Ford is located in Laclede County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tom Hollow Ford
  • Windyville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Windyville is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windyville

How Far From Bennett Springs 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 community such as Bennett Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bennett Springs and extending to:

  • Lebanon, which is the Seat of Laclede County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Bennett Springs to Lebanon, 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 69 miles [111 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 859 miles [1,382.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,581 miles [10,591.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,319 miles [11,778.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,201 miles [8,370.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Bennett Springs 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' (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- Bennett Springs) 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 Bennett Springs 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 Bennett Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7270, Longitude: -92.8557       In this case, the coordinates for Bennett Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.783 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.608 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.093 degrees.