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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 Browns Ford, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Browns Ford 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 Browns Ford:
- 38.137805, -93.616875
- 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 Browns Ford
- 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 Saint Clair County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Clair County
- Since Browns Ford is near Henry County and also Benton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Henry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Benton 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 Browns Ford
Communities Also Named Browns Ford ...
We found two communities that are also named Browns Ford.
There is one other community in Missouri that is also named Browns Ford.
Beyond Missouri, there is another community also named Browns Ford in the United States.
- Communities Located In Missouri ...
- Callaway County
- This Browns Ford is located in Callaway County and lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Browns Ford that is located in Saint Clair County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Callaway County community of Browns Ford.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Allen 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 Kentucky community of Browns Ford [Allen County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Browns Ford ...
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.
- Chalk Level
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Chalk Level is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalk Level
- Chloe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chloe is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chloe
- Coal
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Coal is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal
- Deepwater
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fox Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fox Run is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
- Harper
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Harper is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Ohio
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Ohio is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohio
- Opportunity Farms
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Opportunity Farms is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opportunity Farms
- Racket
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Racket is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racket
- Terry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Terry is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry
- Tightwad
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Tightwad is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tightwad
- Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
- Topper
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Topper is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topper
- Vista
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Vista is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Wisdom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Wisdom is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisdom
How Far From Browns Ford 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 Browns Ford to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Browns Ford and extending to:
- Osceola, which is the Seat of Saint Clair County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 83 miles [133.6 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Browns Ford to Jefferson City, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 896 miles [1,442 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,587 miles [10,600.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,328 miles [11,793.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,213 miles [8,389.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Browns Ford) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Browns Ford 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Browns Ford 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 Browns Ford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1378, Longitude: -93.6169 In this case, the coordinates for Browns Ford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.319 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.282 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.376 degrees. |
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