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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 Houck, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Houck 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 Houck:
- 37.300886, -89.748706
- 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 Houck
- 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 Cape Girardeau County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cape Girardeau County
- Since Houck is near Bollinger County and also Scott County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bollinger County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Scott 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 Houck
Communities Also Named Houck ...
We found two communities that are also named Houck.
Within Missouri, the name Houck is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Apache County
- This Houck is located in Apache County and lies 1,090 miles [1,754.2 km]<1> to the west of the Houck that is located in Cape Girardeau County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Apache County community of Houck.
- North Carolina
- Caldwell 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 Houck [Caldwell County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Houck ...
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.
- Cedar Cliffs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Cliffs is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Cliffs
- Cliff ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cliff is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff
- Delta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Delta is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 421 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delta <3>
- Dutchtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dutchtown is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
- Estimated population in 2018: 94 people
- Gordonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gravel Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gravel Hill is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Hickory Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hickory Ridge is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
- Huskey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Huskey is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huskey
- Kagel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kagel is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kagel
- Rockview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rockview is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockview
How Far From Houck to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Houck to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Houck and extending to:
- Jackson, which is the Seat of Cape Girardeau County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 158 miles [254.3 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Houck to Jefferson City, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 698 miles [1,123.3 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,485 miles [10,436.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,215 miles [11,611.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,093 miles [8,196.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Houck) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Houck 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 Houck 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 Houck. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3009, Longitude: -89.7487 In this case, the coordinates for Houck have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.722 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.17 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.739 degrees. |
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