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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 Bonanza, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bonanza and the surrounding area.
- 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 Bonanza:
- 39.644176, -93.972717
- 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 Bonanza
- 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 Caldwell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caldwell County
- Since Bonanza is near Ray County and also Livingston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ray County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Livingston 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 Bonanza
Communities Also Named Bonanza ...
We found eighteen communities that are also named Bonanza.
Within Missouri, the name Bonanza is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of eighteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, seventeen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alberta
- This Bonanza lies 1,617 miles [2,602.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Bonanza that is located in Caldwell County.
- Arkansas
- Sebastian County
- This Bonanza is located in Sebastian County and lies 305 miles [490.8 km]<1> to the south of the Bonanza that is located in Caldwell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sebastian County community of Bonanza.
- Colorado
- Saguache County
- This Bonanza is located in Saguache County and lies 659 miles [1,060.6 km]<1> to the west of the Bonanza that is located in Caldwell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saguache County community of Bonanza.
- Georgia
- Clayton County
- This Bonanza is located in Clayton County and lies 683 miles [1,099.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the Bonanza that is located in Caldwell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clayton County community of Bonanza.
- Idaho
- Custer County
- This Bonanza is located in Custer County and lies 1,110 miles [1,786.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Bonanza that is located in Caldwell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Custer County community of Bonanza.
- Kansas
- Cherokee 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 Bonanza [Cherokee County].
- Kentucky
- Floyd County
- This Bonanza is located in Floyd County and lies 613 miles [986.5 km]<1> to the east of the Bonanza that is located in Caldwell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of Bonanza.
- Nevada
- Clark County
- This Bonanza is located in Clark County and lies 1,176 miles [1,892.6 km]<1> to the west of the Bonanza that is located in Caldwell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Bonanza.
- Nye County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Nye County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nye County community of Bonanza.
- White Pine County
- This community is historic and although located in White Pine County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the White Pine County community of Bonanza.
- Oregon
- Klamath County
- This Bonanza is located in Klamath County and lies 1,435 miles [2,309.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Bonanza that is located in Caldwell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Klamath County community of Bonanza.
- South Carolina
- Clarendon County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Bonanza [Clarendon County].
- Texas
- Hill County
- Although located in Hill County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hill County community of Bonanza.
- Hopkins County
- This Bonanza is located in Hopkins County and lies 469 miles [754.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Bonanza that is located in Caldwell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hopkins County community of Bonanza.
- Montgomery 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 Texas community of Bonanza [Montgomery County].
- Utah
- Uintah County
- This Bonanza is located in Uintah County and lies 805 miles [1,295.5 km]<1> to the west of the Bonanza that is located in Caldwell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Uintah County community of Bonanza.
- Washington
- Stevens 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 Washington community of Bonanza [Stevens County].
- Wyoming
- Big Horn County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Big Horn County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Big Horn County community of Bonanza.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bonanza ...
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.
- Black Oak
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Black Oak is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Cowgill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cowgill is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowgill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Easterville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Easterville is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easterville
- Georgeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Georgeville is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Kidder
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Polo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Prairie Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Prairie Ridge is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Ridge
- Shoal
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Shoal is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal
How Far From Bonanza 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 Bonanza to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Bonanza once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Bonanza and extending to:
- Kingston, which is the Seat of Caldwell County, lies just to the West.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 121 miles [194.7 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Bonanza to Jefferson City, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 905 miles [1,456.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 52 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,522 miles [10,496.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,267 miles [11,695.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,157 miles [8,299.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bonanza) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Bonanza 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> | 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 Bonanza, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Bonanza 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 Bonanza. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6442, Longitude: -93.9727 In this case, the coordinates for Bonanza have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.647 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.858 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.254 degrees. |
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