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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 Glover, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Glover 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 Glover:
    • 37.486438, -90.691231
    • 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 Glover
  • 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 Glover ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Glover.

Within Missouri, the name Glover is unique.

Beyond Missouri, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Clarke County
      • This Glover is located in Clarke County and lies 415 miles [667.9 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Glover that is located in Iron County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Glover.
    • Illinois
      • Champaign County
      • This Glover is located in Champaign County and lies 231 miles [371.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Glover that is located in Iron County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Champaign County community of Glover.
    • Mississippi
      • DeSoto County
      • This Glover is located in DeSoto County and lies 178 miles [286.5 km]<1> to the south of the Glover that is located in Iron County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeSoto County community of Glover.
    • North Carolina
      • Nash 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 Glover [Nash County].
    • North Dakota
      • Dickey County
      • This Glover is located in Dickey County and lies 714 miles [1,149.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Glover that is located in Iron County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dickey County community of Glover.
    • Oklahoma
      • McCurtain County
      • This Glover is located in McCurtain County and lies 333 miles [535.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Glover that is located in Iron County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McCurtain County community of Glover.
    • Texas
      • Houston 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 Texas community of Glover [Houston County].
    • Vermont
      • Orleans County
      • This Glover is located in Orleans County and lies 1,079 miles [1,736.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Glover that is located in Iron County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orleans County community of Glover.
    • West Virginia
      • Wyoming County
      • This Glover is located in Wyoming County and lies 498 miles [801.5 km]<1> to the east of the Glover that is located in Iron County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming County community of Glover.
    • Wisconsin
      • Saint Croix County
      • This Glover is located in Saint Croix County and lies 523 miles [841.7 km]<1> to the north of the Glover that is located in Iron County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Croix County community of Glover.
      • Sawyer 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 Wisconsin community of Glover [Sawyer County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Glover ...

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.

  • Berryman
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berryman have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryman
    • Berryman is located in Iron County
  • Chloride
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chloride
    • Chloride is located in Iron County
  • English Town
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for English Town have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Town
    • English Town is located in Iron County
  • Hogan
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hogan have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogan
    • Hogan is located in Iron County
  • Lake Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Springs
    • Lake Springs is located in Reynolds County
  • Lesterville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Minimum
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minimum have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minimum
    • Minimum is located in Iron County
  • Pilot Knob
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pilot Knob have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Knob
    • Pilot Knob is located in Iron County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pilot Knob <5>
  • Snow Hollow Lake
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Snow Hollow Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hollow Lake
    • Snow Hollow Lake is located in Iron County

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

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

  • Ironton, which is the Seat of Iron County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 746 miles [1,200.6 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Glover to White House, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 43 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 30 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,512 miles [10,480 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,245 miles [11,659.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,124 miles [8,246.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

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

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

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Glover) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Glover. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4864, Longitude: -90.6912       In this case, the coordinates for Glover have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Glover 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>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 Glover, 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>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.
<7>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 Glover to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.343 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.911 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.131 degrees.









 

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