Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Burr Oak, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Burr Oak and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Burr Oak
- 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 Burr Oak:
- 39.059216, -90.764015
- 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 Burr Oak
- 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 Lincoln County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
- Since Burr Oak is near Calhoun County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Calhoun County
- eBird sighting report for Greene 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 Burr Oak ...
We found ten communities that share the name Burr Oak.
Within Missouri, the name Burr Oak is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Marshall County
- This Burr Oak is located in Marshall County and lies 275 miles [442.6 km]<2> to the northeast of the Burr Oak that is located in Lincoln County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Burr Oak.
- Noble County
- This Burr Oak is located in Noble County and lies 321 miles [516.6 km] to the east northeast of the Burr Oak that is located in Lincoln County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Noble County community of Burr Oak.
- Iowa
- Mills County
- This Burr Oak is located in Mills County and lies 295 miles [474.8 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Burr Oak that is located in Lincoln County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mills County community of Burr Oak.
- Winneshiek County
- This Burr Oak is located in Winneshiek County and lies 309 miles [497.3 km] to the north of the Burr Oak that is located in Lincoln County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winneshiek County community of Burr Oak.
- Kansas
- Michigan
- Nebraska
- Ohio
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Burr Oak ...
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.
- Apex
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Birch Island
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Birch Island have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Island
- Birch Island is located in Calhoun County (IL)
- Chain-of-Rocks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chain-of-Rocks
- Chain-of-Rocks is located in Lincoln County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Highview ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Kings Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Lake
- Kings Lake is located in Lincoln County
- Maryknoll
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Moscow Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow Mills
- Moscow Mills is located in Lincoln County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,652 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moscow Mills <4>
- Nutwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwood
- Nutwood is located in Jersey County (IL)
- Oasis
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast) - Rosedale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east) - Star City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Burr Oak 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 Burr Oak 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 Burr Oak once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Burr Oak and extending to:
- Troy, which is the Seat of Lincoln County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Burr Oak to Troy, with an average speed<6> 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 736 miles [1,184.5 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 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,436 miles [10,357.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,174 miles [11,545.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,055 miles [8,135.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Burr Oak 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Burr Oak) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Burr Oak. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0592, Longitude: -90.7640 In this case, the coordinates for Burr Oak 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 Burr Oak, 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 Burr Oak 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 316.462 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.262 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.818 degrees. |