Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Dearborn, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dearborn and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Dearborn
- 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 Dearborn:
- 39.524365, -94.774455
- 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 Dearborn
- 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 Platte County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Platte County
- Since Dearborn is near Buchanan County and also Clinton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Buchanan County
- eBird sighting report for Clinton 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 Dearborn ...
We found five communities that share the name Dearborn.
Within Missouri, the name Dearborn is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Louisiana
- Michigan
- Texas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dearborn ...
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.
- Beverly
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Dye
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Faucett
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Faucett have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faucett
- Faucett is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Faucett <5>
- Halls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest) - Hoover
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast) - Lone Star
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Maxey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Mock Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mock Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mock Corner
- Mock Corner is located in Buchanan County
- Sugar Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugar Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Lake
- Sugar Lake is located in Platte County
- Trimble
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trimble have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- Trimble is located in Clinton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 627 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trimble <5>
- Willow Brook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Brook
- Willow Brook is located in Buchanan County
How Far From Dearborn 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 city such as Dearborn to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Dearborn and extending to:
- Platte City, which is the Seat of Platte County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Dearborn to Platte City, 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 948 miles [1,525.7 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 37 days and walking would take 54 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,556 miles [10,550.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,303 miles [11,753 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,194 miles [8,358.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Dearborn. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Platte County: www.co.platte.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 Dearborn 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dearborn) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dearborn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5244, Longitude: -94.7745 In this case, the coordinates for Dearborn 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 Dearborn, 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 Dearborn 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 319.189 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.469 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.676 degrees. |