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 Burtonville:
36.751733, -93.970483
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 Burtonville
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 Barry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found five communities that are also named Burtonville.
There is one other community in Missouri that is also named Burtonville.
Beyond Missouri, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Located In Missouri ...
Dallas County
Although located in Dallas County, we don't know the location within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Burtonville.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Kentucky
Lewis County
This Burtonville is located in Lewis County and lies 580 miles [933.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Burtonville that is located in Barry County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Burtonville.
Ohio
Clinton County
This Burtonville is located in Clinton County and lies 581 miles [935 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Burtonville that is located in Barry County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Burtonville.
Quebec
This Burtonville lies 1,214 miles [1,953.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Burtonville that is located in Barry County.
Virginia
Greene County
This Burtonville is located in Greene County and lies 861 miles [1,385.6 km]<1> to the east of the Burtonville that is located in Barry County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Burtonville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Burtonville ...
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.
Chester ‑ Historic (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
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 Burtonville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Burtonville and extending to:
Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 159 miles [255.9 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Burtonville to Jefferson City, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 934 miles [1,503.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 53 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,672 miles [10,737.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,410 miles [11,925.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,292 miles [8,516.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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- Burtonville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
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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.
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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 Burtonville 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 Burtonville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7517, Longitude: -93.9705 In this case, the coordinates for Burtonville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.459 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.264 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.797 degrees.