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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 Green Mountain, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Green Mountain 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 Green Mountain:
    • 37.335856, -92.325414
    • 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 Green Mountain
  • 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 Wright County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wright County
    • Since Green Mountain is near Texas County and also Laclede County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Texas County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Laclede 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 Green Mountain

Communities Also Named Green Mountain ...

We found five communities that are also named Green Mountain.

Within Missouri, the name Green Mountain is unique.

Beyond Missouri, we know of five communities that are located 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 ...
    • Colorado
      • Jefferson 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 Colorado community of Green Mountain [Jefferson County].
    • Iowa
      • Marshall County
      • This Green Mountain is located in Marshall County and lies 330 miles [531.1 km]<2> to the north of the Green Mountain that is located in Wright County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Green Mountain.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Green Mountain lies 1,389 miles [2,235.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Green Mountain that is located in Wright County.
    • North Carolina
      • Yancey County
      • This Green Mountain is located in Yancey County and lies 564 miles [907.7 km]<2> to the east of the Green Mountain that is located in Wright County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yancey County community of Green Mountain.
    • Washington
      • Clark 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 Washington community of Green Mountain [Clark County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Green Mountain ...

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.

  • Alice
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Alice is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
  • Antler ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Antler is located in Wright County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antler
  • Crossroads Store
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Crossroads Store is located in Wright County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads Store
  • Durbin
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Durbin is located in Wright County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbin
  • Fowler
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Fowler is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
  • Jerktail ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Lynchburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Lynchburg is located in Laclede County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
  • Maines
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Maines is located in Wright County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maines
  • Mingsville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Mingsville is located in Wright County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingsville
  • Pleasant Ridge
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Pleasant Ridge is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
  • Rail
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Rail is located in Wright County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rail

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

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

  • Hartville, which is the Seat of Wright County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Green Mountain to Hartville, with an average speed<3> 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 86 miles [138.4 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 836 miles [1,345.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 48 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,581 miles [10,591.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,317 miles [11,775.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,198 miles [8,365.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 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 Green Mountain 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Green Mountain) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Green Mountain 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 Green Mountain. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3359, Longitude: -92.3254    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.407 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.121 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.92 degrees.