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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 Hargrove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hargrove 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 Hargrove:
    • 36.065902, -90.320379
    • 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 Hargrove
  • 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 Dunklin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dunklin County
    • Since Hargrove is near Greene County and also Craighead County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Craighead 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 Hargrove

Communities Also Named Hargrove ...

We found four communities that are also named Hargrove.

Within Missouri, the name Hargrove is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Hall County
      • This Hargrove is located in Hall County and lies 384 miles [618 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Hargrove that is located in Dunklin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of Hargrove.
    • Louisiana
      • Calcasieu Parish
      • This Hargrove is located in Calcasieu Parish and lies 426 miles [685.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Hargrove that is located in Dunklin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calcasieu Parish community of Hargrove.
    • North Carolina
      • Granville 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 Hargrove [Granville County].
    • Texas
      • Somervell 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 Texas community of Hargrove [Somervell County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hargrove ...

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.

  • Bard
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Bard is located in Greene County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
  • Cockrum
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Cockrum is located in Dunklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cockrum
  • Cotton Belt
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Cotton Belt is located in Greene County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Belt
  • Europa
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Europa is located in Dunklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Europa
  • Fritz
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Fritz is located in Greene County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritz
  • Happy Corners
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Happy Corners is located in Craighead County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Corners
  • Leachville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Leachville is located in Mississippi County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leachville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,843 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leachville <3>
  • Macey
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Macey is located in Craighead County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macey
  • Marmaduke
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Mounds
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Mounds is located in Greene County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mounds
  • Red Onion
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Red Onion is located in Dunklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Onion
  • Twin Oaks
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Twin Oaks is located in Greene County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
  • Unity
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Unity is located in Greene County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity

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

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

  • Kennett, which is the Seat of Dunklin County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hargrove to Kennett, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
  • Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 201 miles [323.5 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 752 miles [1,210.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,569 miles [10,571.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,296 miles [11,741.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,173 miles [8,325.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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- Hargrove) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Hargrove 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>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 Hargrove 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 Hargrove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0659, Longitude: -90.3204       In this case, the coordinates for Hargrove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.022 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.348 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.258 degrees.