Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Dover Station, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dover Station and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Dover Station

• 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 Dover Station:
  • 39.208071, -93.699106
  • 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 Dover Station

• 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 Lafayette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lafayette County
  • Since Dover Station is near Carroll County and also Ray County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Ray 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 Dover Station

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dover Station ...

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.

• Cuba
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Cuba is located in Lafayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
• Dover
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Dover is located in Lafayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
• Hodge
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Hodge is located in Lafayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodge
• Lakeview
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Lakeview is located in Ray County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
• Little Osage Village
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Little Osage Village is located in Saline County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Osage Village
• Miles Point
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Miles Point is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Point
• Page City
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Page City is located in Lafayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page City
• Sugartree
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Sugartree is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugartree

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Dover Station and extending to:

• Lexington, which is the Seat of Lafayette County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Dover Station to Lexington, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 92 miles [148.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 892 miles [1,435.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,535 miles [10,517.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,279 miles [11,714.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,166 miles [8,313.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'