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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 Clifton City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clifton City 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 Clifton City:
- 38.764740, -93.041310
- 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 Clifton City
- 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 Cooper County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cooper County
- Since Clifton City is near Pettis County and also Morgan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pettis County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan 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 Clifton City
Communities Also Named Clifton City ...
We found one communities that are also named Clifton City.
Within Missouri, the name Clifton City is unique.
Beyond Missouri, there is another community also named Clifton City in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Tennessee
- Wayne County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Clifton City [Wayne County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Clifton City ...
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.
- Florence
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Florence is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Georgetown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Georgetown is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Longwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Longwood is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
- Newland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Newland is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newland
- Otterville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pilot Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Green
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Green is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Green
- Postal
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Postal is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postal
- Ridge Prairie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Ridge Prairie is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Prairie
How Far From Clifton City to ...
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 community such as Clifton City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Clifton City and extending to:
- Boonville, which is the Seat of Cooper County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Clifton City to Boonville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 48 miles [77.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 859 miles [1,382.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,534 miles [10,515.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,276 miles [11,709.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,161 miles [8,305.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 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 Clifton City 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Clifton City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Clifton City 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 Clifton City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7647, Longitude: -93.0413 In this case, the coordinates for Clifton City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.968 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.959 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.975 degrees. |
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