Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Blue Mound, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blue Mound and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Blue Mound
- 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 Blue Mound:
- 39.627796, -93.557991
- 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 Blue Mound
- 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 Livingston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Livingston County
- Since Blue Mound is near Carroll County and also Caldwell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Carroll County
- eBird sighting report for Caldwell 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 Blue Mound ...
We found five communities that share the name Blue Mound.
Within Missouri, the name Blue Mound is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Macon County
- This Blue Mound is located in Macon County and lies 235 miles [378.2 km]<1> to the east of the Blue Mound that is located in Livingston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Blue Mound.
- Kansas
- Douglas 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 Kansas community of Blue Mound [Douglas County].
- Linn County
- This Blue Mound is located in Linn County and lies 131 miles [210.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Blue Mound that is located in Livingston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Linn County community of Blue Mound.
- Wallace 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 Blue Mound [Wallace County].
- Texas
- Tarrant County
- This Blue Mound is located in Tarrant County and lies 512 miles [824 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Blue Mound that is located in Livingston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tarrant County community of Blue Mound.
- Illinois
Curious and Interesting Names Near Blue Mound ...
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.
- Corner Campbell School
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corner Campbell School have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corner Campbell School
- Corner Campbell School is located in Livingston County
- Cream Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cream Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cream Ridge
- Cream Ridge is located in Livingston County
- Dawn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dawn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn
- Dawn is located in Livingston County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dawn <4>
- Fisher ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Grace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Plymouth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Quote
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Tina
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Blue Mound 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 Blue Mound to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Blue Mound and extending to:
- Chillicothe, which is the Seat of Livingston County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Blue Mound to Chillicothe, 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 883 miles [1,421.1 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 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,508 miles [10,473.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,253 miles [11,672.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,141 miles [8,273.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Blue Mound. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Blue Mound) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Blue Mound. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6278, Longitude: -93.5580 In this case, the coordinates for Blue Mound have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Blue Mound 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> | 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Blue Mound 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 318.363 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.528 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.052 degrees. |