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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 Indian Mound, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Indian Mound 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 Indian Mound:
- 36.151181, -89.698970
- 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 Indian Mound
- 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 Pemiscot County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pemiscot County
- Since Indian Mound is near Lake County and also Dyer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dyer 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 Indian Mound
Communities Also Named Indian Mound ...
We found three communities that are also named Indian Mound.
Within Missouri, the name Indian Mound is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Louisiana
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Indian Mound [East Baton Rouge Parish].
- Tennessee
- DeKalb County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Indian Mound [DeKalb County].
- Stewart County
- This Indian Mound is located in Stewart County and lies 114 miles [183.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Indian Mound that is located in Pemiscot County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stewart County community of Indian Mound.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Indian Mound ...
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.
- Blazer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Blazer is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blazer
- Braggadocio
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Braggadocio is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggadocio
- Cooter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cottonwood Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cottonwood Point is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Point
- Fourteen Bend ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fourteen Bend is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourteen Bend
- Gill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gill is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gill
- Hall ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hall is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall
- Heloise
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Heloise is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heloise
- Kennedy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kennedy is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
- Netherlands
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Netherlands is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netherlands
- Owl Hoot
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Owl Hoot is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl Hoot
- Shade
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shade is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shade
- Terry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Terry is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry
How Far From Indian Mound 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 Indian Mound to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Indian Mound and extending to:
- Caruthersville, which is the Seat of Pemiscot County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 215 miles [346 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Indian Mound to Jefferson City, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 718 miles [1,155.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,540 miles [10,525.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,267 miles [11,695.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,143 miles [8,276.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Indian Mound 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. |
| <2> | 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- Indian Mound) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Indian Mound 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 Indian Mound. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1512, Longitude: -89.6990 In this case, the coordinates for Indian Mound have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.63 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.906 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.964 degrees. |
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