Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Heatonville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Heatonville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Heatonville
- 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 Heatonville:
- 37.188830, -93.801520
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Heatonville
- 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 Lawrence County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
- Since Heatonville is near Dade County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Dade County
- eBird sighting report for Greene 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:
- Waymark.com
Curious and Interesting Names Near Heatonville ...
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.
- Albatross
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Call
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast) - Grays Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grays Point have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Point
- Grays Point is located in Lawrence County
- Halltown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Halltown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halltown
- Halltown is located in Lawrence County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Halltown <2>
- Kings Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Point have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Point
- Kings Point is located in Dade County
- Opal
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Orange
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Paris Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paris Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris Springs
- Paris Springs is located in Lawrence County
- Pilgrim
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pilgrim. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim
- Pilgrim is located in Dade County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Pilgrim
- From Heatonville to Pilgrim
- Red Oak
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Red Oak is located in Lawrence County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Red Oak
- From Heatonville to Red Oak
- Rescue
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Round Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Grove
- Round Grove is located in Lawrence County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Round Grove
- From Heatonville to Round Grove
- Turnback ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
How Far From Heatonville 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 Heatonville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Heatonville and extending to:
- Mount Vernon, which is the Seat of Lawrence County, lies just to the South.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 917 miles [1,475.8 km]<4> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Heatonville to White House, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 53 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 36 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,643 miles [10,690.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,382 miles [11,880.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,264 miles [8,471.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Heatonville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Heatonville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Heatonville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1888, Longitude: -93.8015 |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Heatonville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.379 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.228 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.64 degrees. |