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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 French Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to French Village 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 French Village:
    • 38.576707, -91.969068
    • 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 French Village
  • 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 Osage County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Osage County
    • Since French Village is near Callaway County and also Cole County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Callaway County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cole 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 French Village

Communities Also Named French Village ...

We found five communities that are also named French Village.

There is one other community in Missouri that is also named French Village.

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

  • Communities Located In Missouri ...
    • Saint Francois County
      • This French Village is located in Saint Francois County and lies 95 miles [152.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the French Village that is located in Osage County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Francois County community of French Village.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Saint Clair County
      • This French Village is located in Saint Clair County and lies 103 miles [165.8 km]<1> to the east of the French Village that is located in Osage County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of French Village.
    • New Brunswick
      • 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 New Brunswick community of French Village.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This French Village lies 1,501 miles [2,415.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the French Village that is located in Osage County.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This French Village lies 1,566 miles [2,520.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the French Village that is located in Osage County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near French Village ...

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.

  • Cedar City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Cedar City is located in Callaway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar City
  • Crook
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Crook is located in Osage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crook
  • Deer
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Deer is located in Osage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer
  • Dixie
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Dixie is located in Callaway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
  • Effie ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Effie is located in Callaway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Effie
  • Frankenstein
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Frankenstein is located in Osage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankenstein
  • Hord ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Hord is located in Callaway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hord
  • Liberty
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Liberty is located in Callaway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • Loose Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Pitcher
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Pitcher is located in Callaway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitcher

How Far From French Village 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 French Village to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of French Village once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in French Village and extending to:

  • Linn, which is the Seat of Osage County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from French Village to Linn, with an average speed<5> 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 11 miles [17.7 km] to the west (W). The buggy would take nearly four hours and walking would take five to six hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 803 miles [1,292.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 46 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,505 miles [10,468.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,243 miles [11,656.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,126 miles [8,249.5 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- French Village) 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 French Village 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>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 French Village, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 French Village 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 French Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5767, Longitude: -91.9691       In this case, the coordinates for French Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.241 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.094 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.499 degrees.