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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 Dumas, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dumas 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 Dumas:
- 40.521143, -91.635246
- 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 Dumas
- 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 Clark County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clark County
- Since Dumas is near Lee County and also Van Buren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Van Buren 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 Dumas
Communities Also Named Dumas ...
We found nine communities that are also named Dumas.
Within Missouri, the name Dumas is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Desha County
- This Dumas is located in Desha County and lies 458 miles [737.1 km]<1> to the south of the Dumas that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Desha County community of Dumas.
- Georgia
- Webster County
- This Dumas is located in Webster County and lies 707 miles [1,137.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Dumas that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Webster County community of Dumas.
- Mississippi
- Tippah County
- This Dumas is located in Tippah County and lies 433 miles [696.8 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Dumas that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tippah County community of Dumas.
- Nebraska
- Garfield 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 Nebraska community of Dumas [Garfield County].
- Pennsylvania
- Somerset County
- This Dumas is located in Somerset County and lies 651 miles [1,047.7 km]<1> to the east of the Dumas that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Dumas.
- Saskatchewan
- This Dumas lies 826 miles [1,329.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Dumas that is located in Clark County.
- Texas
- Moore County
- This Dumas is located in Moore County and lies 645 miles [1,038 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Dumas that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Moore County community of Dumas.
- Wood County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Wood County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Dumas.
- Washington
- Columbia County
- This Dumas is located in Columbia County and lies 1,376 miles [2,214.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Dumas that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Dumas.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dumas ...
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.
- Argyle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bricker
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bricker is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bricker
- Franklin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Peaksville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Plymouth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Plymouth is located in Van Buren County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Sugar Creek ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Creek is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek
- Summitville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Summitville is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summitville
- Union
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Union is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
How Far From Dumas to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Dumas to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Dumas and extending to:
- Kahoka, which is the Seat of Clark County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 137 miles [220.5 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Dumas to Jefferson City, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 782 miles [1,258.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,394 miles [10,290.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,137 miles [11,485.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,024 miles [8,085.3 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- Dumas) 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 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 Dumas 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> | 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 Dumas, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Dumas 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 Dumas. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5211, Longitude: -91.6352 |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.096 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.188 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.903 degrees. |
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