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 Clarksburg:
38.661158, -92.666056
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 Clarksburg
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 Moniteau County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found sixteen communities that are also named Clarksburg.
There is one other community in Missouri that is also named Clarksburg.
Beyond Missouri, we know of fifteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fifteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Located In Missouri ...
Putnam County
Although located in Putnam County, we don't know the location within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Clarksburg.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
California
Yolo County
This Clarksburg is located in Yolo County and lies 1,552 miles [2,497.7 km]<1> to the west of the Clarksburg that is located in Moniteau County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yolo County community of Clarksburg.
Illinois
Shelby County
This Clarksburg is located in Shelby County and lies 214 miles [344.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Clarksburg that is located in Moniteau County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Clarksburg.
Indiana
Decatur County
This Clarksburg is located in Decatur County and lies 395 miles [635.7 km]<1> to the east of the Clarksburg that is located in Moniteau County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Decatur County community of Clarksburg.
Kentucky
Lewis County
This Clarksburg is located in Lewis County and lies 501 miles [806.3 km]<1> to the east of the Clarksburg that is located in Moniteau County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Clarksburg.
Maryland
Montgomery County
This Clarksburg is located in Montgomery County and lies 826 miles [1,329.3 km]<1> to the east of the Clarksburg that is located in Moniteau County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Clarksburg.
Michigan
Marquette County
This Clarksburg is located in Marquette County and lies 593 miles [954.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Clarksburg that is located in Moniteau County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marquette County community of Clarksburg.
Mississippi
Rankin 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 Mississippi community of Clarksburg [Rankin County].
New Jersey
Monmouth County
This Clarksburg is located in Monmouth County and lies 976 miles [1,570.7 km]<1> to the east of the Clarksburg that is located in Moniteau County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monmouth County community of Clarksburg.
New York
Erie County
This Clarksburg is located in Erie County and lies 773 miles [1,244 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Clarksburg that is located in Moniteau County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Clarksburg.
Ohio
Belmont County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Belmont County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Belmont County community of Clarksburg.
Ross County
This Clarksburg is located in Ross County and lies 512 miles [824 km]<1> to the east of the Clarksburg that is located in Moniteau County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ross County community of Clarksburg.
Ontario
This Clarksburg lies 748 miles [1,203.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Clarksburg that is located in Moniteau County.
Pennsylvania
Indiana County
This Clarksburg is located in Indiana County and lies 717 miles [1,153.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Clarksburg that is located in Moniteau County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Indiana County community of Clarksburg.
Tennessee
Carroll County
This Clarksburg is located in Carroll County and lies 304 miles [489.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the Clarksburg that is located in Moniteau County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Clarksburg.
West Virginia
Harrison County
This Clarksburg is located in Harrison County and lies 662 miles [1,065.4 km]<1> to the east of the Clarksburg that is located in Moniteau County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Clarksburg.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Clarksburg ...
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.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Clarksburg to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Clarksburg and extending to:
Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Clarksburg to Jefferson City, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 840 miles [1,351.8 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 33 days and walking would take 48 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,526 miles [10,502.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,266 miles [11,693.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,150 miles [8,288.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Clarksburg) 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 Clarksburg 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 Clarksburg, 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 Clarksburg 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 Clarksburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6612, Longitude: -92.6661 In this case, the coordinates for Clarksburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.711 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.648 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.815 degrees.