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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 Fairmont, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fairmont 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 Fairmont:
- 40.331428, -91.909894
- 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 Fairmont
- 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 Fairmont is near Knox County and also Scotland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Knox County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Scotland 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 Fairmont
Communities Also Named Fairmont ...
We found 29 communities that are also named Fairmont.
Within Missouri, the name Fairmont is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of 29 communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these 29 communities, 26 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
- This Fairmont lies 1,343 miles [2,161.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Fairmont that is located in Clark County.
- California
- Los Angeles County
- This Fairmont is located in Los Angeles County and lies 1,496 miles [2,407.6 km]<1> to the west of the Fairmont that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Fairmont.
- Florida
- Duval 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 Florida community of Fairmont [Duval County].
- Illinois
- Madison County
- This Fairmont is located in Madison County and lies 133 miles [214 km]<1> to the southeast of the Fairmont that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Fairmont.
- Will County
- This Fairmont is located in Will County and lies 217 miles [349.2 km] to the east northeast of the Fairmont that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Fairmont.
- Kansas
- Riley County
- This Fairmont is located in Riley County and lies 258 miles [415.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Fairmont that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Riley County community of Fairmont.
- Kentucky
- Webster County
- This Fairmont is located in Webster County and lies 294 miles [473.1 km]<1> to the southeast of the Fairmont that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Webster County community of Fairmont.
- Louisiana
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- This Fairmont is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 685 miles [1,102.4 km]<1> to the south of the Fairmont that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Fairmont.
- Grant Parish
- 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 Louisiana community of Fairmont [Grant Parish].
- Maryland
- Harford County
- This Fairmont is located in Harford County and lies 825 miles [1,327.7 km]<1> to the east of the Fairmont that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Fairmont.
- Minnesota
- Martin County
- This Fairmont is located in Martin County and lies 263 miles [423.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Fairmont that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Martin County community of Fairmont.
- Nebraska
- Fillmore County
- This Fairmont is located in Fillmore County and lies 298 miles [479.6 km]<1> to the west of the Fairmont that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fillmore County community of Fairmont.
- North Carolina
- Davidson 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 North Carolina community of Fairmont [Davidson County].
- Robeson County
- This Fairmont is located in Robeson County and lies 808 miles [1,300.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Fairmont that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Robeson County community of Fairmont.
- Wake County
- This Fairmont is located in Wake County and lies 784 miles [1,261.7 km] to the east southeast of the Fairmont that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Fairmont.
- Nova Scotia
- This Fairmont lies 1,546 miles [2,488 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fairmont that is located in Clark County.
- Ohio
- Guernsey County
- This Fairmont is located in Guernsey County and lies 546 miles [878.7 km]<1> to the east of the Fairmont that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guernsey County community of Fairmont.
- Oklahoma
- Garfield County
- This Fairmont is located in Garfield County and lies 416 miles [669.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Fairmont that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garfield County community of Fairmont.
- Ontario
- This Fairmont lies 582 miles [936.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fairmont that is located in Clark County.
- Pennsylvania
- Fayette County
- This Fairmont is located in Fayette County and lies 658 miles [1,058.9 km]<1> to the east of the Fairmont that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Fairmont.
- 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 Fairmont [Westmoreland County].
- South Carolina
- Spartanburg County
- This Fairmont is located in Spartanburg County and lies 655 miles [1,054.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Fairmont that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Fairmont.
- Tennessee
- Hamilton 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 Tennessee community of Fairmont [Hamilton County].
- Rutherford County
- This Fairmont is located in Rutherford County and lies 427 miles [687.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the Fairmont that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutherford County community of Fairmont.
- Texas
- Floyd County
- This Fairmont is located in Floyd County and lies 654 miles [1,052.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Fairmont that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of Fairmont.
- Utah
- Weber County
- This Fairmont is located in Weber County and lies 1,044 miles [1,680.2 km]<1> to the west of the Fairmont that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Fairmont.
- Washington
- Jefferson County
- This Fairmont is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,609 miles [2,589.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Fairmont that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Fairmont.
- Snohomish County
- This Fairmont is located in Snohomish County and lies 1,580 miles [2,542.8 km] to the west northwest of the Fairmont that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Snohomish County community of Fairmont.
- West Virginia
- Marion County
- This Fairmont is located in Marion County and lies 625 miles [1,005.8 km]<1> to the east of the Fairmont that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Fairmont.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fairmont ...
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.
- Colony
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Colony is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Deer Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Deer Ridge is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Ridge
- Edina
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Edinburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Edinburg is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Eldorado ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Eldorado is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Forest Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Forest Springs is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Springs
- Laura
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Laura is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laura
- Lewistown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Peaksville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Peaksville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaksville
- Pleasant Retreat
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Retreat is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Retreat
- Sand Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sand Hill is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
- Union
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Union is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
How Far From Fairmont 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 Fairmont to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fairmont and extending to:
- Kahoka, which is the Seat of Clark County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Fairmont to Kahoka, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 121 miles [194.7 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 796 miles [1,281 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 46 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,414 miles [10,322.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,157 miles [11,518.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,044 miles [8,117.5 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fairmont) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Fairmont 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> | 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 Fairmont 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 Fairmont. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3314, Longitude: -91.9099 In this case, the coordinates for Fairmont have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.275 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.368 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.083 degrees. |
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