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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 Chitwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chitwood 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 Chitwood:
- 37.088949, -94.548837
- 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 Chitwood
- 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 Jasper County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jasper County
- Since Chitwood is near Newton County and also Cherokee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Newton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee 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 Chitwood
Communities Also Named Chitwood ...
We found four communities that are also named Chitwood.
There is one other community in Missouri that is also named Chitwood.
Beyond Missouri, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Missouri ...
- Reynolds County
- This Chitwood is located in Reynolds County and lies 196 miles [315.4 km]<1> to the east of the Chitwood that is located in Jasper County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Reynolds County community of Chitwood.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Oklahoma
- Grady 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 Oklahoma community of Chitwood [Grady County].
- Oregon
- Benton 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 Oregon community of Chitwood [Benton County].
- Lincoln County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Chitwood [Lincoln County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chitwood ...
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.
- Airport Drive
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Airport Drive is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Drive
- Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
- Badger
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Badger is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badger
- Blendville ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Blendville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blendville
- Carl Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cliff Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cliff Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
- Empire City
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Empire City is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire City
- Galena
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Gregg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Gregg is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregg
- Iron Gates
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Iron Gates is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Gates
- Lone Elm
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Elm is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Elm
- Silver Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Creek is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
- Estimated population in 2012: 631 people
- Stringtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Stringtown is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
How Far From Chitwood 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 Chitwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Chitwood and extending to:
- Carthage, which is the Seat of Jasper County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Chitwood to Carthage, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 165 miles [265.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 959 miles [1,543.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,675 miles [10,742.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,416 miles [11,934.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,299 miles [8,527.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 from Point A (ie- Chitwood) 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 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 Chitwood 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> | 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 Chitwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Chitwood 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 Chitwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0889, Longitude: -94.5488 In this case, the coordinates for Chitwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.873 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.788 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.012 degrees. |
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