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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 Forest Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Forest Mills 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 Forest Mills:
    • 37.176731, -94.215233
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Forest Mills
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Forest Mills ...

We found five communities that share the name Forest Mills.

Within Missouri, the name Forest Mills is unique.

Beyond Missouri, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Iowa
      • Allamakee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Forest Mills [Allamakee County].
    • Kansas
      • Linn County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Forest Mills [Linn County].
    • Minnesota
      • Goodhue County
      • This Forest Mills is located in Goodhue County and lies 498 miles [801.5 km]<2> to the north of the Forest Mills that is located in Jasper County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Goodhue County community of Forest Mills.
    • Ontario
      • This Forest Mills lies 1,022 miles [1,644.7 km]<2> to the northeast of the Forest Mills that is located in Jasper County.
    • Tennessee
      • Robertson County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Forest Mills [Robertson County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Forest Mills ...

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.

  • Atlas
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Atlas have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
    • Atlas is located in Jasper County
  • Carthage
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Fidelity
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Knights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knights
    • Knights is located in Jasper County
  • Maple Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Maxville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maxville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
    • Maxville is located in Jasper County
  • Motley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Prosperity
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Red Oak
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Reeds
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reeds have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds
    • Reeds is located in Jasper County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
  • Scotland
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scotland have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
    • Scotland is located in Jasper County

How Far From Forest Mills 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 Forest Mills to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Carthage, which is the Seat of Jasper County, lies just to the West.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 940 miles [1,512.8 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Forest Mills to White House, with an average speed<7>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 54 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 37 days.
  • The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,659 miles [10,716.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,398 miles [11,905.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,282 miles [8,500.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Forest Mills. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Forest Mills 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.
<2>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Forest Mills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Forest Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1767, Longitude: -94.2152    
<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 Forest Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>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.
<8>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 Forest Mills to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.655 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.547 degrees.
<11>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.838 degrees.




 

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