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 Mammoth:
36.535897, -92.400716
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.
We found twelve communities that share the name Mammoth.
Within Missouri, the name Mammoth is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arizona
Pinal County
This Mammoth is located in Pinal County and lies 1,067 miles [1,717.2 km]<1> to the west of the Mammoth that is located in Ozark County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pinal County community of Mammoth.
California
Modoc County
This Mammoth is located in Modoc County and lies 1,583 miles [2,547.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Mammoth that is located in Ozark County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Modoc County community of Mammoth.
Florida
Polk 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 Florida community of Mammoth [Polk County].
Montana
Madison County
This Mammoth is located in Madison County and lies 1,194 miles [1,921.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Mammoth that is located in Ozark County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Mammoth.
Nevada
Douglas County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Douglas County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Mammoth.
Nye County
This community is historic and although located in Nye County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nye County community of Mammoth.
Pennsylvania
Westmoreland County
This Mammoth is located in Westmoreland County and lies 743 miles [1,195.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Mammoth that is located in Ozark County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Mammoth.
Texas
Lipscomb 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 Texas community of Mammoth [Lipscomb County].
Utah
Juab County
This Mammoth is located in Juab County and lies 1,092 miles [1,757.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Mammoth that is located in Ozark County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Juab County community of Mammoth.
West Virginia
Kanawha County
This Mammoth is located in Kanawha County and lies 616 miles [991.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Mammoth that is located in Ozark County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kanawha County community of Mammoth.
Wyoming
Hot Springs 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 Wyoming community of Mammoth [Hot Springs County].
Park County
This Mammoth is located in Park County and lies 1,116 miles [1,796 km]<1> to the northwest of the Mammoth that is located in Ozark County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Park County community of Mammoth.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mammoth ...
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.
Fawn Park (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fawn Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Mammoth to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mammoth and extending to:
The White House (Washington, DC) is 853 miles [1,372.8 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Mammoth to White House, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 49 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 34 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,625 miles [10,661.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,358 miles [11,841.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,238 miles [8,429.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
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- Mammoth) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mammoth. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5359, Longitude: -92.4007 In this case, the coordinates for Mammoth have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Mammoth 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 Mammoth, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Mammoth to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.403 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.011 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.107 degrees.