Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Jewett, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jewett and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Jewett
- 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 Jewett:
- 37.380330, -90.501507
- 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 Jewett
- 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 Madison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Madison County
- Since Jewett is near Iron County and also Wayne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Iron County
- eBird sighting report for Wayne 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
Communities Also Named Jewett ...
We found eleven communities that share the name Jewett.
Within Missouri, the name Jewett is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Illinois
- Kansas
- Maine
- New Mexico
- Catron County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Catron County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Catron County community of Jewett.
- San Juan County
- This community is historic and although located in San Juan County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Juan County community of Jewett.
- New York
- Ohio
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jewett ...
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.
- Bounds
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Central
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - Chloride
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chloride
- Chloride is located in Iron County
- Coldwater
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Creek Nation
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Creek Nation have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek Nation
- Creek Nation is located in Madison County
- French Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for French Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Mills
- French Mills is located in Madison County
- Head Ford ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Marsh Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marsh Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Creek
- Marsh Creek is located in Madison County
- Minimum
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Tin Mountain
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tin Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tin Mountain
- Tin Mountain is located in Madison County
- Twelvemile
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twelvemile have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelvemile
- Twelvemile is located in Madison County
- Vulcan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest) - Wide Ford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Zion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
How Far From Jewett 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 Jewett to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Jewett and extending to:
- Fredericktown, which is the Seat of Madison County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Jewett to Fredericktown, with an average speed<5> 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.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 738 miles [1,187.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,510 miles [10,476.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,242 miles [11,654.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,121 miles [8,241.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Jewett. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/
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 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 Jewett 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Jewett) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Jewett. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3803, Longitude: -90.5015 In this case, the coordinates for Jewett have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Jewett, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Jewett 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 316.214 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.748 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.066 degrees. |