Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Boonesborough, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Boonesborough and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Boonesborough
- 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 Boonesborough:
- 38.976985, -92.149904
- 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 Boonesborough
- 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 Boone County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Boone County
- Since Boonesborough is near Callaway County and also Audrain County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Callaway County
- eBird sighting report for Audrain 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 Boonesborough ...
We found three communities that share the name Boonesborough.
Within Missouri, the name Boonesborough is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Washington 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 Arkansas community of Boonesborough [Washington County].
- Iowa
- Boone 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 Iowa community of Boonesborough [Boone County].
- West Virginia
- Fayette County
- This Boonesborough is located in Fayette County and lies 592 miles [952.7 km]<2> to the east of the Boonesborough that is located in Boone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Boonesborough.
- Arkansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Boonesborough ...
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.
- Bryans ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east) - Champ
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast) - Deer Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Earl
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Hallsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hallsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsville
- Hallsville is located in Boone County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,652 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hallsville <4>
- Kingdom City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingdom City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingdom City
- Kingdom City is located in Callaway County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kingdom City <4>
- Points ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Stapletown ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stapletown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stapletown
- Stapletown is located in Boone County
- Summerville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summerville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Summerville is located in Boone County
- Youngers
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
How Far From Boonesborough to ...
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 Boonesborough 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<5> community of Boonesborough once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Boonesborough and extending to:
- Columbia, which is the Seat of Boone County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Boonesborough to Columbia, with an average speed<6> 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.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 810 miles [1,303.6 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 32 days and walking would take 46 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,491 miles [10,446.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,231 miles [11,637.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,115 miles [8,231.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Boone County: www.showmeboone.com/
The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/
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 Boonesborough 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Boonesborough) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Boonesborough. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9770, Longitude: -92.1499 In this case, the coordinates for Boonesborough have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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> | 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 Boonesborough, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Boonesborough to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.381 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.309 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.501 degrees. |