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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 Buckhart Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Buckhart Springs 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 Buckhart Springs:
- 37.055884, -91.384857
- 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 Buckhart Springs
- 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 Shannon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shannon County
- Since Buckhart Springs is near Oregon County and also Carter County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oregon County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carter 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 Buckhart Springs
Curious and Interesting Names Near Buckhart Springs ...
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.
- Birch Tree
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Congo ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Congo is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo
- Delaware
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Delaware is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- Eminence
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Flatwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Flatwood is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwood
- Gang
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gang is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gang
- House Hollow ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- House Hollow is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for House Hollow
- Ink
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Ink is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ink
- Junction Ferry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Junction Ferry is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction Ferry
- Low Wassie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Low Wassie is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Wassie
- Owls Bend
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Owls Bend is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owls Bend
How Far From Buckhart Springs 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 Buckhart Springs 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<2> community of Buckhart Springs once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Buckhart Springs and extending to:
- Eminence, which is the Seat of Shannon County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 113 miles [181.9 km]<3> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Buckhart Springs to Jefferson City, with an average speed<4>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 790 miles [1,271.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,560 miles [10,557.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,293 miles [11,736.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,172 miles [8,323.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 Buckhart Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Buckhart Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Buckhart Springs 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 Buckhart Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0559, Longitude: -91.3849 In this case, the coordinates for Buckhart Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.772 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.348 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.539 degrees. |
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