Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Dorcas, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dorcas and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Dorcas
- 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 Dorcas:
- 36.598120, -93.463798
- 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 Dorcas
- 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 Stone County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Stone County
- Since Dorcas is near Barry County and also Carroll County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Barry County
- eBird sighting report for Carroll 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 Dorcas ...
We found five communities that share the name Dorcas.
Within Missouri, the name Dorcas is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
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- Kansas
- Ohio
- Virginia
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dorcas ...
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.
- Arrow Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arrow Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrow Point
- Arrow Point is located in Barry County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Blue Eye
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Eye
- Blue Eye is located in Carroll County (AR)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Carr Lane
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Coney Island
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coney Island
- Coney Island is located in Stone County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
- Flag ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - High
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Homer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Indian Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Point
- Indian Point is located in Stone County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 530 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Indian Point <4>
- Lakeview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Marvel Cave
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marvel Cave have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvel Cave
- Marvel Cave is located in Stone County
- Notch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Oak Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Oak Grove is located in Carroll County (AR)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oak Grove <4>
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Polo ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Radical
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Shell Knob
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Knob
- Shell Knob is located in Barry County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shell Knob <4>
- Silver Dollar City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Dollar City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Dollar City
- Silver Dollar City is located in Stone County
- Table Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Table Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Rock
- Table Rock is located in Taney County
- Polo ‑ Historic
How Far From Dorcas 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 Dorcas 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<6> community of Dorcas once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Dorcas and extending to:
- Galena, which is the Seat of Stone County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Dorcas to Galena, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 909 miles [1,462.9 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 36 days and walking would take 52 days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,661 miles [10,719.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,398 miles [11,905.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,278 miles [8,494.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Dorcas) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dorcas. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5981, Longitude: -93.4638 In this case, the coordinates for Dorcas have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 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 Dorcas 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> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | 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 Dorcas, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 Dorcas to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.11 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.838 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.588 degrees. |