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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 Deering Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Deering Junction and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Deering Junction:
    • 36.190067, -89.905366
    • 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 Deering Junction
  • 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 Pemiscot County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pemiscot County
    • Since Deering Junction is near Dunklin County and also Clay County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dunklin County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clay 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 Deering Junction

Communities Also Named Deering Junction ...

We found two communities that are also named Deering Junction.

Within Missouri, the name Deering Junction is unique.

Beyond Missouri, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Montgomery County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Deering Junction [Montgomery County].
    • Maine
      • Cumberland County
      • This Deering Junction is located in Cumberland County and lies 1,156 miles [1,860.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Deering Junction that is located in Pemiscot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Deering Junction.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Deering Junction ...

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.

  • Blazer
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Blazer is located in Pemiscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blazer
  • Bowie Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Bowie Corner is located in Dunklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowie Corner
  • Bragg City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Bragg City is located in Pemiscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
  • Braggadocio
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Braggadocio is located in Pemiscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggadocio
  • Deco
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Deco is located in Pemiscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deco
  • Deer Land
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Deer Land is located in Dunklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Land
  • Gill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Gill is located in Pemiscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gill
  • New Survey
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • New Survey is located in Pemiscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Survey
  • Shade
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Shade is located in Pemiscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shade
  • Tinkerville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Tinkerville is located in Dunklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinkerville

How Far From Deering Junction 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 Deering Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Deering Junction and extending to:

  • Caruthersville, which is the Seat of Pemiscot County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Deering Junction to Caruthersville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 206 miles [331.5 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 728 miles [1,171.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,546 miles [10,534.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,273 miles [11,704.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,150 miles [8,288.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Deering Junction 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- Deering Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Deering Junction 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 Deering Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1901, Longitude: -89.9054       In this case, the coordinates for Deering Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.764 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.066 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.048 degrees.