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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 Hermitage, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hermitage 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 Hermitage:
    • 37.944429, -93.326281
    • 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 Hermitage
  • 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 Hickory County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hickory County
    • Since Hermitage 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 Hermitage

Communities Also Named Hermitage ...

We found twenty communities that are also named Hermitage.

Within Missouri, the name Hermitage is unique.

Beyond Missouri, we know of twenty communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these twenty communities, nineteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Bradley County
      • This Hermitage is located in Bradley County and lies 317 miles [510.2 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Hermitage that is located in Hickory County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradley County community of Hermitage.
      • Pulaski 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 Arkansas community of Hermitage [Pulaski County].
    • California
      • Mendocino County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Hermitage [Mendocino County].
    • Florida
      • Gadsden 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 Hermitage [Gadsden County].
    • Georgia
      • Floyd County
      • This Hermitage is located in Floyd County and lies 523 miles [841.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Hermitage that is located in Hickory County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of Hermitage.
    • Louisiana
      • Pointe Coupee Parish
      • This Hermitage is located in Pointe Coupee Parish and lies 516 miles [830.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Hermitage that is located in Hickory County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pointe Coupee Parish community of Hermitage.
      • West Baton Rouge Parish
      • 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 Louisiana community of Hermitage [West Baton Rouge Parish].
    • Maryland
      • Carroll County
      • This Hermitage is located in Carroll County and lies 882 miles [1,419.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hermitage that is located in Hickory County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Hermitage.
    • New York
      • Steuben County
      • This Hermitage is located in Steuben County and lies 899 miles [1,446.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hermitage that is located in Hickory County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Steuben County community of Hermitage.
      • Wyoming County
      • This Hermitage is located in Wyoming County and lies 858 miles [1,380.8 km] to the east northeast of the Hermitage that is located in Hickory County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming County community of Hermitage.
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • This Hermitage lies 1,986 miles [3,196.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hermitage that is located in Hickory County.
    • North Carolina
      • Ashe 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 Hermitage [Ashe County].
      • Cumberland County
      • This Hermitage is located in Cumberland County and lies 820 miles [1,319.7 km]<1> to the east of the Hermitage that is located in Hickory County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Hermitage.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Mercer County
      • This Hermitage is located in Mercer County and lies 719 miles [1,157.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hermitage that is located in Hickory County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Hermitage.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This Hermitage lies 1,651 miles [2,657 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hermitage that is located in Hickory County.
    • Tennessee
      • Davidson County
      • This Hermitage is located in Davidson County and lies 388 miles [624.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Hermitage that is located in Hickory County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davidson County community of Hermitage.
    • Texas
      • Cass 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 Hermitage [Cass County].
    • Utah
      • Weber County
      • This Hermitage is located in Weber County and lies 1,011 miles [1,627 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hermitage that is located in Hickory County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Hermitage.
    • Virginia
      • Augusta County
      • This Hermitage is located in Augusta County and lies 783 miles [1,260.1 km]<1> to the east of the Hermitage that is located in Hickory County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Augusta County community of Hermitage.
      • Gloucester County
      • This Hermitage is located in Gloucester County and lies 914 miles [1,470.9 km] to the east of the Hermitage that is located in Hickory County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gloucester County community of Hermitage.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hermitage ...

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.

  • Butcher
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Butcher is located in Hickory County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butcher
  • Carsons Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Carsons Corner is located in Hickory County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsons Corner
  • Cross Timbers
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Cross Timbers is located in Hickory County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Timbers
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
  • Elixer
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Elixer is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elixer
  • Jordan
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jordan is located in Hickory County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
  • Mohawk Corner
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Mohawk Corner is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Corner
  • Nemo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Nemo is located in Hickory County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemo
  • Round Bottom Ford ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Round Bottom Ford is located in Hickory County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Bottom Ford
  • Sentinel
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Sentinel is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sentinel
    • Former name for Sentinel:
    • Sentinel Prairie
  • Terry
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Terry is located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry
  • Wheatland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)

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

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

  • Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 76 miles [122.3 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Hermitage to Jefferson City, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 882 miles [1,419.4 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,587 miles [10,600.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,327 miles [11,791.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,210 miles [8,384.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hermitage) 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 Hermitage 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>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Hermitage, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Hermitage 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 Hermitage. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9444, Longitude: -93.3263       In this case, the coordinates for Hermitage have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.112 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.017 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.274 degrees.