Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Heady, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Heady and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Heady

• 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 Heady:
  • 37.385322, -93.368248
  • 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 Heady

• 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 Greene County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
  • Since Heady is near Polk County and also Dallas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Dallas 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 Heady

Curious and Interesting Names Near Heady ...

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.

• Cave Spring
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Cave Spring is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Spring
• Ebenezer
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Ebenezer is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
• Fruitland
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Fruitland is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
• Goodnight
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Goodnight is located in Polk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodnight
  • Estimated population in 2019: 18 people
  • Goodnight has also been known as:
  • Goodnight village
• Harold
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Harold is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harold
• Hickory Barren
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Hickory Barren is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Barren
• Mascot
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Mascot is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascot
• Pearl
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Pearl is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
• Pleasant Hope
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Pleasant Hope is located in Polk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hope
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 610 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pleasant Hope <1>
• Sacville
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Sacville is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacville

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Heady and extending to:

• Springfield, which is the Seat of Greene County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Heady to Springfield, 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 104 miles [167.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 891 miles [1,433.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,617 miles [10,649 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,355 miles [11,836.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,238 miles [8,429.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'