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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 Dorcas, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dorcas 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 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.
- Open 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:
- Open the 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Barry County
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Dorcas
Communities Also Named Dorcas ...
We found five communities that are also named Dorcas.
Within Missouri, the name Dorcas is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Okaloosa County
- This Dorcas is located in Okaloosa County and lies 569 miles [915.7 km]<1> to the southeast of the Dorcas that is located in Stone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Okaloosa County community of Dorcas.
- Kansas
- Nemaha 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 Kansas community of Dorcas [Nemaha County].
- Ohio
- Meigs County
- This Dorcas is located in Meigs County and lies 652 miles [1,049.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Dorcas that is located in Stone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meigs County community of Dorcas.
- Virginia
- Augusta 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 Virginia community of Dorcas [Augusta County].
- West Virginia
- Grant County
- This Dorcas is located in Grant County and lies 799 miles [1,285.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Dorcas that is located in Stone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Dorcas.
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)
- Arrow Point is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrow Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Blue Eye
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Eye is located in Carroll County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Eye
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Carr Lane
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Carr Lane is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carr Lane
- Coney Island
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Coney Island is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coney Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
- Flag ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Flag is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flag
- High
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- High is located in Carroll County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High
- Homer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Homer is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Indian Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeview is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Marvel Cave
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Marvel Cave is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvel Cave
- Notch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Notch is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Notch
- Oak Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Polo ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Polo is located in Carroll County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Radical
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Radical is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radical
- Shell Knob
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Silver Dollar City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Dollar City is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Dollar City
- Table Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Table Rock is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Rock
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<4> 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<5> 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.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 153 miles [246.2 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 909 miles [1,462.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 52 days.
- The shortest distance<6> 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).<7>
- 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).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,278 miles [8,494.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dorcas) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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.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). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.11 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.838 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.588 degrees. |
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