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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 Lone Tree, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lone Tree and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Lone Tree:
    • 38.572235, -94.361060
    • 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 Lone Tree
  • 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 Cass County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cass County
    • Since Lone Tree is near Bates County and also Johnson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bates County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Johnson 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 Lone Tree

Communities Also Named Lone Tree ...

We found fourteen communities that are also named Lone Tree.

Within Missouri, the name Lone Tree is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Douglas County
      • This Lone Tree is located in Douglas County and lies 567 miles [912.5 km]<1> to the west of the Lone Tree that is located in Cass County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Lone Tree.
      • Weld 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 Colorado community of Lone Tree [Weld County].
    • Illinois
      • Bureau 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 Illinois community of Lone Tree [Bureau County].
      • Henderson County
      • This Lone Tree is located in Henderson County and lies 236 miles [379.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Lone Tree that is located in Cass County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Lone Tree.
    • Indiana
      • Greene County
      • This Lone Tree is located in Greene County and lies 390 miles [627.6 km]<1> to the east of the Lone Tree that is located in Cass County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Lone Tree.
    • Iowa
      • Johnson County
      • This Lone Tree is located in Johnson County and lies 254 miles [408.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Lone Tree that is located in Cass County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Lone Tree.
    • Kansas
      • Cowley 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 Kansas community of Lone Tree [Cowley County].
      • McPherson 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 Kansas community of Lone Tree [McPherson County].
      • Meade 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 Kansas community of Lone Tree [Meade County].
      • Osborne 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 Kansas community of Lone Tree [Osborne County].
      • Pottawatomie 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 Kansas community of Lone Tree [Pottawatomie County].
    • Montana
      • Pondera County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Lone Tree [Pondera County].
    • Oregon
      • Union County
      • This Lone Tree is located in Union County and lies 1,295 miles [2,084.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lone Tree that is located in Cass County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Lone Tree.
    • South Dakota
      • Moody County
      • This Lone Tree is located in Moody County and lies 392 miles [630.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Lone Tree that is located in Cass County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Moody County community of Lone Tree.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lone Tree ...

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.

  • Archie
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Crescent Hill ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Crescent Hill is located in Bates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Hill
  • Everett
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Everett is located in Cass County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
  • Freeman
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Garden City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Lake Annette
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake Annette is located in Cass County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Annette
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
  • Main City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Main City is located in Cass County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Main City
  • Ore
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Ore is located in Cass County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore
  • Prettyman
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Prettyman is located in Cass County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prettyman
  • Rural Home ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Rural Home is located in Cass County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Home

How Far From Lone Tree 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 Lone Tree to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Harrisonville, which is the Seat of Cass County, lies just to the North.
  • Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 117 miles [188.3 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Lone Tree to Jefferson City, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 932 miles [1,499.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 53 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,591 miles [10,607.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,335 miles [11,804.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,222 miles [8,404 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- Lone Tree) 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 Lone Tree 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>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 Lone Tree, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Lone Tree 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 Lone Tree. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5722, Longitude: -94.3611       In this case, the coordinates for Lone Tree have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.85 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.953 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.654 degrees.