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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 Cross Timbers, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cross Timbers 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 Cross Timbers:
- 38.024670, -93.228500
- 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 Cross Timbers
- 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 Hickory County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hickory County
- Since Cross Timbers is near Benton County and also Dallas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Benton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dallas 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 Cross Timbers
Communities Also Named Cross Timbers ...
We found two communities that are also named Cross Timbers.
Within Missouri, the name Cross Timbers is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Tennessee
- Hamilton County
- This Cross Timbers is located in Hamilton County and lies 485 miles [780.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Cross Timbers that is located in Hickory County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Cross Timbers.
- Texas
- Harris 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 Texas community of Cross Timbers [Harris County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cross Timbers ...
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.
- Carsons Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Carsons Corner is located in Hickory County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsons Corner
- Climax Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dell is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell
- Dell Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dell Junction is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell Junction
- Edwards
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Elixer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elixer is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elixer
- Hermitage
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jordan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jordan is located in Hickory County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Knobby
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Knobby is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobby
- Majorville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Majorville is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majorville
- Former name for Majorville:
- Hockman
- Nemo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Round Bottom Ford ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Round Bottom Ford is located in Hickory County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Bottom Ford
- Wheatland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Cross Timbers to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Cross Timbers to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cross Timbers and extending to:
- Hermitage, which is the Seat of Hickory County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 68 miles [109.4 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Cross Timbers to Jefferson City, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 876 miles [1,409.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 50 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,579 miles [10,587.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,319 miles [11,778.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,202 miles [8,371.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 from Point A (ie- Cross Timbers) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Cross Timbers 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Cross Timbers 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 Cross Timbers. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0247, Longitude: -93.2285 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.051 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.957 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.212 degrees. |
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