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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 Haywood City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Haywood City 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 Haywood City:
- 37.011679, -89.600283
- 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 Haywood City
- 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 Scott County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Scott County
- Since Haywood City is near Stoddard County and also New Madrid County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stoddard County
- Open the eBird sighting report for New Madrid 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 Haywood City
Curious and Interesting Names Near Haywood City ...
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.
- Bell City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bell City is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
- Buckeye
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Buckeye is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Commerce
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Himmel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Himmel is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Himmel
- Kagel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Kagel is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kagel
- Little River
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Little River is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River
- Miner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Miner is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 939 people
- Never Spur ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Never Spur is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Never Spur
- Poor Farm ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Poor Farm is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poor Farm
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Price Landing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Price Landing is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price Landing
- Rockview
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Rockview is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockview
- Shady Dell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Shady Dell is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Dell
- Tanner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tanner is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanner
- Texas Bend
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Texas Bend is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas Bend
- Toppertown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Toppertown is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toppertown
How Far From Haywood City 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 Haywood City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Haywood City and extending to:
- Benton, which is the Seat of Scott County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 177 miles [284.9 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Haywood City to Jefferson City, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 695 miles [1,118.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,494 miles [10,451.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,223 miles [11,624.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,100 miles [8,207.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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- Haywood City) 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 Haywood City 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 Haywood City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0117, Longitude: -89.6003 In this case, the coordinates for Haywood City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.613 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.004 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.736 degrees. |
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