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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 Dogwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dogwood 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 Dogwood:
    • 36.825332, -89.453688
    • 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 Dogwood
  • 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 Mississippi County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mississippi County
    • Since Dogwood is near New Madrid County and also Scott County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for New Madrid County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Scott 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 Dogwood

Communities Also Named Dogwood ...

We found nineteen communities that are also named Dogwood.

There is one other community in Missouri that is also named Dogwood.

Beyond Missouri, we know of eighteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, eighteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Missouri ...
    • Douglas County
      • This Dogwood is located in Douglas County and lies 186 miles [299.3 km]<1> to the west of the Dogwood that is located in Mississippi County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Dogwood.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • DeKalb 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 Alabama community of Dogwood [DeKalb County].
      • Limestone County
      • This Dogwood is located in Limestone County and lies 190 miles [305.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Dogwood that is located in Mississippi County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Limestone County community of Dogwood.
      • Shelby County
      • This Dogwood is located in Shelby County and lies 292 miles [469.9 km] to the south southeast of the Dogwood that is located in Mississippi County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Dogwood.
    • Arkansas
      • Grant County
      • This Dogwood is located in Grant County and lies 248 miles [399.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Dogwood that is located in Mississippi County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Dogwood.
      • Mississippi County
      • This Dogwood is located in Mississippi County and lies 69 miles [111 km] to the south southwest of the Dogwood that is located in Mississippi County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi County community of Dogwood.
      • White County
      • This Dogwood is located in White County and lies 171 miles [275.2 km] to the southwest of the Dogwood that is located in Mississippi County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the White County community of Dogwood.
    • Illinois
      • Crawford County
      • This Dogwood is located in Crawford County and lies 176 miles [283.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Dogwood that is located in Mississippi County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Dogwood.
    • Indiana
      • Harrison County
      • This Dogwood is located in Harrison County and lies 204 miles [328.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Dogwood that is located in Mississippi County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Dogwood.
    • Kentucky
      • Christian County
      • This Dogwood is located in Christian County and lies 113 miles [181.9 km]<1> to the east of the Dogwood that is located in Mississippi County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Christian County community of Dogwood.
      • Graves County
      • This Dogwood is located in Graves County and lies 48 miles [77.2 km] to the east of the Dogwood that is located in Mississippi County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Graves County community of Dogwood.
    • Maryland
      • Howard County
      • This Dogwood is located in Howard County and lies 700 miles [1,126.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Dogwood that is located in Mississippi County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Dogwood.
    • Mississippi
      • Sharkey 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 Mississippi community of Dogwood [Sharkey County].
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • This Dogwood lies 1,787 miles [2,875.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Dogwood that is located in Mississippi County.
    • North Carolina
      • Burke 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 North Carolina community of Dogwood [Burke County].
    • South Carolina
      • Horry County
      • This Dogwood is located in Horry County and lies 632 miles [1,017.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Dogwood that is located in Mississippi County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Horry County community of Dogwood.
    • Tennessee
      • Cumberland County
      • This Dogwood is located in Cumberland County and lies 267 miles [429.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Dogwood that is located in Mississippi County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Dogwood.
      • Roane County
      • This Dogwood is located in Roane County and lies 288 miles [463.5 km] to the east southeast of the Dogwood that is located in Mississippi County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roane County community of Dogwood.
    • Texas
      • Tyler 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 Dogwood [Tyler County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dogwood ...

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.

  • Airline Acres
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Airline Acres is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airline Acres
  • Buckeye
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Buckeye is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
  • Champion
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Champion is located in New Madrid County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion
  • Henson
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Henson is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henson
  • Little River
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Little River is located in New Madrid County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River
  • Miner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Miner is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miner
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 939 people
  • Never Spur ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Never Spur is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Never Spur
  • Pinhook
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Pinhook is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
    • Estimated population in 2012: 30 people
  • Pulltight
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Pulltight is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulltight
  • Texas Bend
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Texas Bend is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas Bend

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

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

  • Charleston, which is the Seat of Mississippi County, lies just to the Northeast.
  • Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 191 miles [307.4 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Dogwood to Jefferson City, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 691 miles [1,112.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 40 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,498 miles [10,457.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,225 miles [11,627.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,102 miles [8,210.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dogwood) 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 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 Dogwood 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 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 Dogwood 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 Dogwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8253, Longitude: -89.4537       In this case, the coordinates for Dogwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.509 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.859 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.711 degrees.