Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in La Tour, we use the following websites to find information relevant to La Tour and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for La Tour

• 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 La Tour:
  • 38.634642, -94.101902
  • 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 La Tour

• 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 Johnson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Johnson County
  • Since La Tour is near Cass County and also Henry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cass County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Henry 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 La Tour

Curious and Interesting Names Near La Tour ...

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.

• Aaron
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Aaron is located in Bates County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aaron
• Cause Prairie ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Cause Prairie is located in Cass County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cause Prairie
• Chilhowee
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Chilhowee is located in Johnson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilhowee
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
• Garden City
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Garden City is located in Cass County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,638 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Garden City <1>
• Gunn City
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Gunn City is located in Cass County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunn City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
• Kingsville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Kingsville is located in Johnson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kingsville <1>
• Lone Tree
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Lone Tree is located in Cass County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Tree
• Magnolia
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Magnolia is located in Johnson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
• Ore
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Ore is located in Cass County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore
• Pleasant Hill
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Pleasant Hill is located in Cass County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,740 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pleasant Hill <1>
• Quick City
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Quick City is located in Johnson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quick City
• Rose Hill
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Rose Hill is located in Johnson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
• Wyoming ‑ Historic
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Wyoming is located in Cass County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming

How Far From La Tour 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 village such as La Tour to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in La Tour and extending to:

• Warrensburg, which is the Seat of Johnson County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from La Tour to Warrensburg, with an average speed<3> 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 most of a day.
• Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 103 miles [165.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 917 miles [1,475.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 53 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,579 miles [10,587.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,322 miles [11,783.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,209 miles [8,383.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'