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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 Kings Grove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kings Grove 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 Kings Grove:
- 40.246104, -95.124419
- 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 Kings Grove
- 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 Holt County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Holt County
- Since Kings Grove is near Nodaway County and also Atchison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nodaway County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Atchison 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 Kings Grove
Communities Also Named Kings Grove ...
We found two communities that are also named Kings Grove.
Within Missouri, the name Kings Grove is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maine
- Aroostook County
- This Kings Grove is located in Aroostook County and lies 1,427 miles [2,296.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Kings Grove that is located in Holt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aroostook County community of Kings Grove.
- Maryland
- Allegany 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 Maryland community of Kings Grove [Allegany County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kings Grove ...
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.
- Craig
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Graham
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Graham is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
- London ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- London is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London
- Lone Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lone Corner is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Corner
- Maryville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mound City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pumpkin Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Pumpkin Center is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
- Quitman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Quitman is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quitman
- Estimated population in 2017: 42 people
- Roseberry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Roseberry is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseberry
- Skidmore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Kings Grove 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 Kings Grove 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<4> community of Kings Grove once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Kings Grove and extending to:
- Oregon, which is the Seat of Holt County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Kings Grove to Oregon, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over 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 194 miles [312.2 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 965 miles [1,553 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,531 miles [10,510.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,279 miles [11,714.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,174 miles [8,326.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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- Kings Grove) 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 Kings Grove 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> | 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 Kings Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Kings Grove 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 Kings Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2461, Longitude: -95.1244 In this case, the coordinates for Kings Grove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.47 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.886 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.711 degrees. |
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