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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 Bertrand, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bertrand 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 Bertrand:
    • 36.909300, -89.449148
    • 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 Bertrand
  • 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 Mississippi County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mississippi County
    • Since Bertrand is near Scott County and also New Madrid County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Scott County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for New Madrid 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 Bertrand

Communities Also Named Bertrand ...

We found six communities that are also named Bertrand.

Within Missouri, the name Bertrand is unique.

Beyond Missouri, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, four are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Louisiana
      • Winn Parish
      • 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 Louisiana community of Bertrand [Winn Parish].
    • Michigan
      • Berrien County
      • This Bertrand is located in Berrien County and lies 376 miles [605.1 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Bertrand that is located in Mississippi County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berrien County community of Bertrand.
    • Nebraska
      • Phelps County
      • This Bertrand is located in Phelps County and lies 602 miles [968.8 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Bertrand that is located in Mississippi County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Phelps County community of Bertrand.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Bertrand lies 1,442 miles [2,320.7 km]<2> to the northeast of the Bertrand that is located in Mississippi County.
    • Ontario
      • This Bertrand lies 836 miles [1,345.4 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Bertrand that is located in Mississippi County.
    • Virginia
      • Lancaster County
      • This Bertrand is located in Lancaster County and lies 711 miles [1,144.2 km]<2> to the east of the Bertrand that is located in Mississippi County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Bertrand.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bertrand ...

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.

  • Airline Acres
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Airline Acres is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airline Acres
  • Buckeye
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Buckeye is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
  • Champion
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Champion is located in New Madrid County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion
  • Henson
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Henson is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henson
  • Little River
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Little River is located in New Madrid County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River
  • Miner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Miner is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miner
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 939 people
  • Never Spur ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Never Spur is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Never Spur
  • Price Landing
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Price Landing is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price Landing
  • Pulltight
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Pulltight is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulltight
  • Tanner
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Tanner is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanner
  • Texas Bend
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Texas Bend is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas Bend

How Far From Bertrand 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 city such as Bertrand to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Charleston, which is the Seat of Mississippi County, lies just to the East.
  • Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 188 miles [302.6 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Bertrand to Jefferson City, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 689 miles [1,108.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 40 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,493 miles [10,449.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,221 miles [11,621.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,098 miles [8,204.4 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 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 Bertrand 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- Bertrand) 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 Bertrand 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 Bertrand. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9093, Longitude: -89.4491       In this case, the coordinates for Bertrand have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.511 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.872 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.69 degrees.