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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 Harwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Harwood 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 Harwood:
- 37.956692, -94.153915
- 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 Harwood
- 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 Vernon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Vernon County
- Since Harwood is near Saint Clair County and also Bates County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Clair County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bates 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 Harwood
Communities Also Named Harwood ...
We found fifteen communities that are also named Harwood.
Within Missouri, the name Harwood is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of fifteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fifteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Chicot County
- This Harwood is located in Chicot County and lies 372 miles [598.7 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Harwood that is located in Vernon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chicot County community of Harwood.
- Florida
- Volusia 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 Florida community of Harwood [Volusia County].
- Illinois
- Champaign 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 Illinois community of Harwood [Champaign County].
- Indiana
- Vanderburgh County
- This Harwood is located in Vanderburgh County and lies 358 miles [576.1 km]<1> to the east of the Harwood that is located in Vernon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vanderburgh County community of Harwood.
- Kansas
- Haskell 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 Kansas community of Harwood [Haskell County].
- Seward County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Harwood [Seward County].
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- This Harwood is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 949 miles [1,527.3 km]<1> to the east of the Harwood that is located in Vernon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Harwood.
- Massachusetts
- Middlesex 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 Massachusetts community of Harwood [Middlesex County].
- North Dakota
- Cass County
- This Harwood is located in Cass County and lies 638 miles [1,026.8 km]<1> to the north of the Harwood that is located in Vernon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Harwood.
- Ohio
- Highland County
- This Harwood is located in Highland County and lies 562 miles [904.5 km]<1> to the east of the Harwood that is located in Vernon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Highland County community of Harwood.
- Morrow 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 Ohio community of Harwood [Morrow County].
- Ontario
- 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 Ontario community of Harwood.
- Pennsylvania
- Luzerne County
- This Harwood is located in Luzerne County and lies 986 miles [1,586.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Harwood that is located in Vernon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luzerne County community of Harwood.
- Texas
- Gonzales County
- This Harwood is located in Gonzales County and lies 603 miles [970.4 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Harwood that is located in Vernon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gonzales County community of Harwood.
- Washington
- Yakima County
- This Harwood is located in Yakima County and lies 1,470 miles [2,365.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Harwood that is located in Vernon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yakima County community of Harwood.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Harwood ...
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.
- Arthur
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Arthur is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Blaine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Blaine is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Carbon Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Carbon Center is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Center
- El Dorado Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fair Haven
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Fair Haven is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Haven
- Greene Springs ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Greene Springs is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene Springs
- Indian Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Indian Springs is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
- Panama
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Panama is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panama
- Prairie City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Prairie City is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
- Rockville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rockville is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Rocky Ford ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Ford is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
How Far From Harwood to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a village such as Harwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Harwood and extending to:
- Nevada, which is the Seat of Vernon County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Harwood to Nevada, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 115 miles [185.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 926 miles [1,490.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 53 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,616 miles [10,647.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,358 miles [11,841.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,243 miles [8,437.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 from Point A (ie- Harwood) 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 Harwood 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 Harwood 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 Harwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9567, Longitude: -94.1539 In this case, the coordinates for Harwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.669 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.664 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.669 degrees. |
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