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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 Lake Ford, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lake Ford 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 Lake Ford:
- 38.408933, -91.739335
- 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 Lake Ford
- 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 Osage County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Osage County
- Since Lake Ford is near Gasconade County and also Maries County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gasconade County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Maries 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 Lake Ford
Communities Also Named Lake Ford ...
We found one communities that are also named Lake Ford.
Within Missouri, the name Lake Ford is unique.
Beyond Missouri, there is another community also named Lake Ford in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Garrett County
- This Lake Ford is located in Garrett County and lies 662 miles [1,065.4 km]<1> to the east of the Lake Ford that is located in Osage County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garrett County community of Lake Ford.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lake Ford ...
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.
- Bland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Crook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Crook is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crook
- Freedom
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Freedom is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Hope
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hope is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Judge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Judge is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judge
- Mint Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mint Hill is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mint Hill
- Old Bland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Old Bland is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Bland
- Rich Fountain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rich Fountain is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Fountain
- Valentine Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Valentine Ford is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentine Ford
How Far From Lake Ford 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 Lake Ford 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 Lake Ford once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Lake Ford and extending to:
- Linn, which is the Seat of Osage County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Lake Ford to Jefferson City, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 792 miles [1,274.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,505 miles [10,468.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,243 miles [11,656.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,124 miles [8,246.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Lake Ford) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Lake Ford, 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 Lake Ford 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 Lake Ford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4089, Longitude: -91.7393 In this case, the coordinates for Lake Ford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.08 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.885 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.425 degrees. |
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