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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 Emma, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Emma 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 Emma:
- 38.971873, -93.494805
- 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 Emma
- 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 Emma is near Saline County and also Johnson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saline County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Johnson 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 Emma
Communities Also Named Emma ...
We found fourteen communities that are also named Emma.
Within Missouri, the name Emma is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Pitkin County
- This Emma is located in Pitkin County and lies 726 miles [1,168.4 km]<1> to the west of the Emma that is located in Lafayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pitkin County community of Emma.
- Georgia
- Dawson County
- This Emma is located in Dawson County and lies 597 miles [960.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Emma that is located in Lafayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dawson County community of Emma.
- Illinois
- White County
- This Emma is located in White County and lies 298 miles [479.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Emma that is located in Lafayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the White County community of Emma.
- Indiana
- LaGrange County
- This Emma is located in LaGrange County and lies 456 miles [733.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Emma that is located in Lafayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the LaGrange County community of Emma.
- Kansas
- Harvey 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 Emma [Harvey County].
- Rawlins County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Emma [Rawlins County].
- Kentucky
- Floyd County
- This Emma is located in Floyd County and lies 591 miles [951.1 km]<1> to the east of the Emma that is located in Lafayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of Emma.
- Magoffin 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 Kentucky community of Emma [Magoffin County].
- Louisiana
- Iberia Parish
- This Emma is located in Iberia Parish and lies 630 miles [1,013.9 km]<1> to the south of the Emma that is located in Lafayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iberia Parish community of Emma.
- North Carolina
- Buncombe County
- This Emma is located in Buncombe County and lies 642 miles [1,033.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Emma that is located in Lafayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buncombe County community of Emma.
- Pennsylvania
- Westmoreland 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 Pennsylvania community of Emma [Westmoreland County].
- Texas
- Crosby County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Crosby County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crosby County community of Emma.
- West Virginia
- Jackson 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 West Virginia community of Emma [Jackson County].
- Putnam County
- This Emma is located in Putnam County and lies 633 miles [1,018.7 km]<1> to the east of the Emma that is located in Lafayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Emma.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Emma ...
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.
- Blue Lick
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Carbon Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Carbon Hill is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
- Fortyville ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Fortyville is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortyville
- Grand Pass
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Hughesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hughesville is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
- Knob Noster
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Malta Bend
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Marshall Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Marshall Junction is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Junction
- Mount Leonard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Leonard is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Leonard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Page City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Page City is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page City
- Salt Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Salt Springs is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Springs
- Sweet Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Valley City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Valley City is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City
How Far From Emma 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 city such as Emma to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Emma and extending to:
- Lexington, which is the Seat of Lafayette County, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Emma to Lexington, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 76 miles [122.3 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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 882 miles [1,419.4 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,540 miles [10,525.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,283 miles [11,720.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,169 miles [8,318.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Emma) 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 Emma 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 Emma, 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 Emma 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 Emma. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9719, Longitude: -93.4948 |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.286 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.353 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.154 degrees. |
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