Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Day, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Day and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Day
- 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 Day:
- 36.812676, -93.243665
- 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 Day
- 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 Taney County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Taney County
- Since Day is near Christian County and also Stone County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Christian County
- eBird sighting report for Stone 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 Day ...
We found fifteen communities that share the name Day.
There is one other community in Missouri which is also named Day.
Beyond Missouri, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Missouri ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
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- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Day ...
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.
- Bull Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bull Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Creek
- Bull Creek is located in Taney County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Chestnutridge
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnutridge
- Chestnutridge is located in Christian County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chestnutridge <5>
- Christian Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Christian Center have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christian Center
- Christian Center is located in Christian County
- Green Mound Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Mound Ridge
- Green Mound Ridge is located in Christian County
- Highlandville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highlandville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highlandville
- Highlandville is located in Christian County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,055 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Highlandville <5>
- Lawing ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Long Beach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Beach
- Long Beach is located in Taney County
- Low Gap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Marvel Cave
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marvel Cave have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvel Cave
- Marvel Cave is located in Stone County
- Pine Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Pine Ridge is located in Christian County
- Reeds Spring
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reeds Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Spring
- Reeds Spring is located in Stone County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 876 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Reeds Spring <5>
- Rockaway Beach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockaway Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockaway Beach
- Rockaway Beach is located in Taney County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rockaway Beach <5>
- Saddlebrooke
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saddlebrooke have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddlebrooke
- Saddlebrooke is located in Christian County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Saddlebrooke has also been known as:
- Saddlebrooke village
- Walnut Shade
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Shade have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Shade
- Walnut Shade is located in Taney County
How Far From Day 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 Day to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Day and extending to:
- Forsyth, which is the Seat of Taney County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Day to Forsyth, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 894 miles [1,438.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). 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 51 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,642 miles [10,689.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,378 miles [11,873.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,259 miles [8,463.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Day. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Taney County: www.co.taney.mo.us/
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 Day 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Day) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Day. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8127, Longitude: -93.2437 In this case, the coordinates for Day have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Day, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Day to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.98 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.715 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.447 degrees. |