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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 Ingalls, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ingalls 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 Ingalls:
    • 37.788925, -93.201026
    • 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 Ingalls
  • 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 Polk County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
    • Since Ingalls is near Dallas County and also Hickory County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dallas County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hickory 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 Ingalls

Communities Also Named Ingalls ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Ingalls.

Within Missouri, the name Ingalls is unique.

Beyond Missouri, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Bradley County
      • This Ingalls is located in Bradley County and lies 309 miles [497.3 km]<1> to the south of the Ingalls that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradley County community of Ingalls.
    • Indiana
      • Madison County
      • This Ingalls is located in Madison County and lies 424 miles [682.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ingalls that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Ingalls.
    • Kansas
      • Ford 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 Kansas community of Ingalls [Ford County].
      • Gray County
      • This Ingalls is located in Gray County and lies 395 miles [635.7 km]<1> to the west of the Ingalls that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gray County community of Ingalls.
    • Maine
      • Cumberland County
      • This Ingalls is located in Cumberland County and lies 1,244 miles [2,002 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ingalls that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Ingalls.
    • Massachusetts
      • Suffolk 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 Massachusetts community of Ingalls [Suffolk County].
    • Michigan
      • Menominee County
      • This Ingalls is located in Menominee County and lies 597 miles [960.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Ingalls that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Menominee County community of Ingalls.
    • Minnesota
      • Marshall 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 Minnesota community of Ingalls [Marshall County].
    • North Carolina
      • Avery County
      • This Ingalls is located in Avery County and lies 630 miles [1,013.9 km]<1> to the east of the Ingalls that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Avery County community of Ingalls.
    • Oklahoma
      • Payne County
      • This Ingalls is located in Payne County and lies 234 miles [376.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Ingalls that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Payne County community of Ingalls.
    • Tennessee
      • Cannon 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 Tennessee community of Ingalls [Cannon County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ingalls ...

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.

  • Carsons Corner
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Carsons Corner is located in Hickory County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsons Corner
  • Dewey ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Dewey is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewey
  • Elixer
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Elixer is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elixer
  • Goodson
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Goodson is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodson
  • Louisburg
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Louisburg is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
  • Mohawk Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Mohawk Corner is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Corner
  • Nemo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Nemo is located in Hickory County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemo
  • Polk
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Polk is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
  • Pumpkin Center
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Pumpkin Center is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
  • Sentinel
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Sentinel is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sentinel
    • Former name for Sentinel:
    • Sentinel Prairie

How Far From Ingalls to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Ingalls to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Ingalls once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Ingalls and extending to:

  • Bolivar, which is the Seat of Polk County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Ingalls to Bolivar, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 77 miles [123.9 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 most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 877 miles [1,411.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 50 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,590 miles [10,605.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,329 miles [11,794.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,212 miles [8,387.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ingalls) 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 Ingalls 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 Ingalls, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Ingalls 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 Ingalls. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7889, Longitude: -93.2010       In this case, the coordinates for Ingalls have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.018 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.888 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.244 degrees.