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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 Gatewood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gatewood 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 Gatewood:
    • 36.577005, -91.089851
    • 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 Gatewood
  • 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 Ripley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ripley County
    • Since Gatewood is near Oregon County and also Randolph County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Oregon County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Randolph 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 Gatewood

Communities Also Named Gatewood ...

We found fifteen communities that are also named Gatewood.

Within Missouri, the name Gatewood is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Cochise 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 Arizona community of Gatewood [Cochise County].
    • Georgia
      • Clayton County
      • This Gatewood is located in Clayton County and lies 433 miles [696.8 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Gatewood that is located in Ripley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clayton County community of Gatewood.
      • Sumter County
      • This Gatewood is located in Sumter County and lies 504 miles [811.1 km] to the southeast of the Gatewood that is located in Ripley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumter County community of Gatewood.
    • Indiana
      • Delaware 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 Indiana community of Gatewood [Delaware County].
      • Hamilton County
      • This Gatewood is located in Hamilton County and lies 358 miles [576.1 km]<2> to the northeast of the Gatewood that is located in Ripley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Gatewood.
    • Kentucky
      • Daviess County
      • This Gatewood is located in Daviess County and lies 247 miles [397.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Gatewood that is located in Ripley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Daviess County community of Gatewood.
    • Mississippi
      • Yalobusha County
      • This Gatewood is located in Yalobusha County and lies 194 miles [312.2 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Gatewood that is located in Ripley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yalobusha County community of Gatewood.
    • North Carolina
      • Caswell County
      • This Gatewood is located in Caswell County and lies 647 miles [1,041.2 km]<2> to the east of the Gatewood that is located in Ripley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caswell County community of Gatewood.
      • Union County
      • This Gatewood is located in Union County and lies 590 miles [949.5 km] to the east of the Gatewood that is located in Ripley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Gatewood.
    • South Carolina
      • Aiken County
      • This Gatewood is located in Aiken County and lies 570 miles [917.3 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Gatewood that is located in Ripley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aiken County community of Gatewood.
      • Spartanburg County
      • This Gatewood is located in Spartanburg County and lies 524 miles [843.3 km] to the east of the Gatewood that is located in Ripley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Gatewood.
    • Tennessee
      • Gibson 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 Tennessee community of Gatewood [Gibson County].
    • Texas
      • Harris 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 Texas community of Gatewood [Harris County].
    • Virginia
      • Spotsylvania County
      • This Gatewood is located in Spotsylvania County and lies 743 miles [1,195.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Gatewood that is located in Ripley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spotsylvania County community of Gatewood.
    • West Virginia
      • Fayette County
      • This Gatewood is located in Fayette County and lies 559 miles [899.6 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Gatewood that is located in Ripley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Gatewood.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Gatewood ...

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.

  • Baker Den ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Baker Den is located in Randolph County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Den
  • Brakebill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Brakebill is located in Randolph County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brakebill
  • Burr
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Burr is located in Ripley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr
  • Calm
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Calm is located in Oregon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calm
  • Elm Store
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Elm Store is located in Randolph County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Store
  • Palestine
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Ponder
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Ponder is located in Ripley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponder
  • Spring Creek
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Spring Creek is located in Randolph County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
  • Supply
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Supply is located in Randolph County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Supply
  • Tucker
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Tucker is located in Ripley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
  • Warm Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Warm Springs is located in Randolph County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warm Springs

How Far From Gatewood to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Gatewood to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Doniphan, which is the Seat of Ripley County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Gatewood to Doniphan, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 150 miles [241.4 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 783 miles [1,260.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,573 miles [10,578.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,304 miles [11,754.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,182 miles [8,339.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 Gatewood 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 '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- Gatewood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Gatewood 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 Gatewood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5770, Longitude: -91.0899       In this case, the coordinates for Gatewood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.55 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.028 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.501 degrees.