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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 Dallion Ford, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dallion Ford 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 Dallion Ford:
- 37.686151, -92.988796
- 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 Dallion Ford
- 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 Dallas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dallas County
- Since Dallion Ford is near Laclede County and also Polk County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Laclede County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Polk 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 Dallion Ford
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dallion Ford ...
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.
- Buffalo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Ridge is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Ridge
- Cloverdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cloverdale is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Corkery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Corkery is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corkery
- Leadmine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Leadmine is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadmine
- Long Lane
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Long Lane is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lane
- Louisburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Louisburg is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Pumpkin Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pumpkin Center is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
- Spring Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Spring Grove is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Windyville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Windyville is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windyville
How Far From Dallion Ford 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 Dallion Ford to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Dallion Ford once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Dallion Ford and extending to:
- Buffalo, which is the Seat of Dallas County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 75 miles [120.7 km]<3> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Dallion Ford to Jefferson City, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 867 miles [1,395.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 50 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,588 miles [10,602.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,326 miles [11,790.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,208 miles [8,381.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 Dallion Ford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Dallion Ford) 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 Dallion Ford 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 Dallion Ford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6862, Longitude: -92.9888 In this case, the coordinates for Dallion Ford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.87 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.703 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.163 degrees. |
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