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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 Lathrop, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lathrop 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 Lathrop:
    • 39.550642, -94.328296
    • 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 Lathrop
  • 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 Clinton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clinton County
    • Since Lathrop is near Clay County and also Ray County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ray 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 Lathrop

Communities Also Named Lathrop ...

We found six communities that are also named Lathrop.

Within Missouri, the name Lathrop is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Pickens County
      • This Lathrop is located in Pickens County and lies 552 miles [888.4 km]<1> to the southeast of the Lathrop that is located in Clinton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pickens County community of Lathrop.
    • California
      • San Joaquin County
      • This Lathrop is located in San Joaquin County and lies 1,452 miles [2,336.8 km]<1> to the west of the Lathrop that is located in Clinton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Joaquin County community of Lathrop.
    • Michigan
      • Delta County
      • This Lathrop is located in Delta County and lies 579 miles [931.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Lathrop that is located in Clinton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delta County community of Lathrop.
    • Ohio
      • Morgan County
      • This Lathrop is located in Morgan County and lies 661 miles [1,063.8 km]<1> to the east of the Lathrop that is located in Clinton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Lathrop.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Susquehanna 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 Pennsylvania community of Lathrop [Susquehanna County].
      • Tioga County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Lathrop [Tioga County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lathrop ...

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.

  • Claysville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Claysville is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
  • Converse
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Converse is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
  • Greenville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Greenville is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
  • Keystone ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Keystone is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
  • Lilly
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Lilly is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
  • Maple Hill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Maple Hill is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
  • Paradise
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Paradise is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
  • Plainview
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Plainview is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
  • Prairie Ridge
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Prairie Ridge is located in Caldwell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Ridge
  • Starfield
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Starfield is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starfield
  • Trimble
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)

How Far From Lathrop 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 city such as Lathrop to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lathrop and extending to:

  • Plattsburg, which is the Seat of Clinton County, lies just to the West.
  • Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 133 miles [214 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Lathrop to Jefferson City, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 924 miles [1,487 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,539 miles [10,523.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,285 miles [11,724.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,175 miles [8,328.4 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lathrop) 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 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 Lathrop 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>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 Lathrop 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 Lathrop. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5506, Longitude: -94.3283       In this case, the coordinates for Lathrop have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.885 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.121 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.449 degrees.