Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Cobalt, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cobalt and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Cobalt
- 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 Cobalt:
- 37.545896, -90.287685
- 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 Cobalt
- 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 Madison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Madison County
- Since Cobalt is near Saint Francois County and also Bollinger County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Saint Francois County
- eBird sighting report for Bollinger 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 Cobalt ...
We found four communities that share the name Cobalt.
There is one other community in Missouri which is also named Cobalt.
Beyond Missouri, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Missouri ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Connecticut
- Idaho
- Ontario
- This Cobalt lies 866 miles [1,393.7 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Cobalt that is located in Madison County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cobalt ...
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.
- Catherine Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Catherine Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catherine Place
- Catherine Place is located in Madison County
- Central
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Cherokee Pass
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherokee Pass have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Pass
- Cherokee Pass is located in Madison County
- Cornwall
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Creek Nation
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Creek Nation have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek Nation
- Creek Nation is located in Madison County
- Junction City
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Junction City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Junction City is located in Madison County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 314 people
- Oak Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Tin Mountain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tin Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tin Mountain
- Tin Mountain is located in Madison County
How Far From Cobalt 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 village such as Cobalt to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cobalt and extending to:
- Fredericktown, which is the Seat of Madison County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 724 miles [1,165.2 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Cobalt to White House, with an average speed<4>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 42 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,494 miles [10,451.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,226 miles [11,629.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,104 miles [8,214.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cobalt. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/
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 Cobalt 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> | 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- Cobalt) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cobalt. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5459, Longitude: -90.2877 |
| <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 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 Cobalt to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.083 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.62 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.932 degrees. |