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 Bliss:
38.093107, -90.740408
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.
We found fifteen communities that share the name Bliss.
Within Missouri, the name Bliss is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
White County
This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Bliss [White County].
California
Yuba County
This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Bliss [Yuba County].
Georgia
Bulloch County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Bliss [Bulloch County].
Idaho
Gooding County
This Bliss is located in Gooding County and lies 1,308 miles [2,105 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Bliss that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gooding County community of Bliss.
Kentucky
Adair County
This Bliss is located in Adair County and lies 301 miles [484.4 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Bliss that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adair County community of Bliss.
Michigan
Emmet County
This Bliss is located in Emmet County and lies 603 miles [970.4 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Bliss that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Emmet County community of Bliss.
Nebraska
Holt County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Bliss [Holt County].
Nevada
Humboldt County
This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Bliss [Humboldt County].
Ormsby County
This community is historic and although located in Ormsby County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ormsby County community of Bliss.
New York
Wyoming County
This Bliss is located in Wyoming County and lies 725 miles [1,166.8 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Bliss that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming County community of Bliss.
North Carolina
Surry County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Bliss [Surry County].
Ohio
Pickaway County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Bliss [Pickaway County].
Oklahoma
Osage County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Bliss [Osage County].
Tennessee
Decatur County
This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Bliss [Decatur County].
West Virginia
Braxton County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Bliss [Braxton County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bliss ...
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.
Cruise Mill (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cruise Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Bliss to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bliss and extending to:
Potosi, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bliss to Potosi, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 741 miles [1,192.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 43 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,484 miles [10,435 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,218 miles [11,616.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,098 miles [8,204.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Footnotes ...
<1>
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Bliss, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>
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 Bliss 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.
<3>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bliss) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bliss. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0931, Longitude: -90.7404 In this case, the coordinates for Bliss have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
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.
<5>
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.
<6>
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 Bliss to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.405 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.065 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.023 degrees.