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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 Fair Play, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fair Play and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Fair Play:
    • 37.633413, -93.576259
    • 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 Fair Play
  • 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 Polk County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
    • Since Fair Play is near Cedar County and also Dade County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cedar County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dade 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 Fair Play

Communities Also Named Fair Play ...

We found seven communities that are also named Fair Play.

Within Missouri, the name Fair Play is unique.

Beyond Missouri, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • El Dorado County
      • This Fair Play is located in El Dorado County and lies 1,467 miles [2,360.9 km]<1> to the west of the Fair Play that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the El Dorado County community of Fair Play.
      • Sierra County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Sierra County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sierra County community of Fair Play.
    • Nevada
      • Elko County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Fair Play [Elko County].
    • New Jersey
      • Monmouth County
      • This Fair Play is located in Monmouth County and lies 1,040 miles [1,673.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fair Play that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monmouth County community of Fair Play.
    • South Carolina
      • Oconee County
      • This Fair Play is located in Oconee County and lies 628 miles [1,010.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Fair Play that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconee County community of Fair Play.
    • Texas
      • Panola County
      • This Fair Play is located in Panola County and lies 382 miles [614.8 km]<1> to the south of the Fair Play that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Panola County community of Fair Play.
    • Wisconsin
      • Grant County
      • This Fair Play is located in Grant County and lies 374 miles [601.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Fair Play that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Fair Play.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fair Play ...

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.

  • Burns
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Burns is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns
  • Crisp
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Crisp is located in Dade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisp
  • Eudora
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Eudora is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eudora
  • Graceland
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Graceland is located in Cedar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graceland
  • Hamlet
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Hamlet is located in Cedar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
  • Humansville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Masters
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Masters is located in Cedar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masters
  • Needmore
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Needmore is located in Cedar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
  • Orleans ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Orleans is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
  • Violet
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Violet is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet

How Far From Fair Play 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 Fair Play to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fair Play and extending to:

  • Bolivar, which is the Seat of Polk County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Fair Play to Bolivar, with an average speed<4> 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 100 miles [160.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 899 miles [1,446.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 51 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,612 miles [10,641 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,351 miles [11,830.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,235 miles [8,424.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fair Play) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Fair Play, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Fair Play 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 Fair Play. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6334, Longitude: -93.5763       In this case, the coordinates for Fair Play have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.259 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.147 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.452 degrees.