Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Clara, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clara and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Clara
- 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 Clara:
- 37.299771, -92.021267
- 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 Clara
- 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 Texas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Texas County
- Since Clara is near Wright County and also Howell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Wright County
- eBird sighting report for Howell 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 Clara ...
We found ten communities that share the name Clara.
Within Missouri, the name Clara is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Georgia
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Maryland
- Mississippi
- North Carolina
- Pennsylvania
- Tennessee
- Texas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Clara ...
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.
- Alice
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Big Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Elk Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Creek
- Elk Creek is located in Texas County
- Gravel Point ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gravel Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Point
- Gravel Point is located in Texas County
- Mineral Springs City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mineral Springs City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs City
- Mineral Springs City is located in Texas County
- Mitchells Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mitchells Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchells Corner
- Mitchells Corner is located in Texas County
- Pleasant Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Texas County
- Plum Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plum Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Valley
- Plum Valley is located in Texas County
- Raymondville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raymondville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymondville
- Raymondville is located in Texas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Raymondville <4>
- Solo
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Success
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Success have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Success
- Success is located in Texas County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Success <4>
How Far From Clara 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 Clara to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Clara and extending to:
- Houston, which is the Seat of Texas County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 820 miles [1,319.7 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Clara to White House, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 47 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,572 miles [10,576.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,307 miles [11,759.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,187 miles [8,347.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Clara. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Clara) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Clara. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2998, Longitude: -92.0213 In this case, the coordinates for Clara have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Clara 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> | 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> | 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 Clara to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.204 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.881 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.785 degrees. |