Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Maple Garden:
  • 39.205559, -94.511898
  • 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 Maple Garden

• 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 Clay County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
  • Since Maple Garden is near Platte County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Platte County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Maple Garden

Curious and Interesting Names Near Maple Garden ...

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.

• Acme
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Acme is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
• Air Line Junction
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Air Line Junction is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Air Line Junction
• Barry
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Barry is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barry
• Cement City
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Cement City is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cement City
• Gashland
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Gashland is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gashland
• Greenwood
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Greenwood is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
• Houston Lake
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Houston Lake is located in Platte County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Lake
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
• Liberty
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Liberty is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,418 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Liberty <1>
• Maple Park
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Maple Park is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Park
• Moscow
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Moscow is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
• Oaks
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Oaks is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
• Randolph
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Randolph is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
• River Bend
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • River Bend is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bend
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10 people
• Rock Creek Junction
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Rock Creek Junction is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek Junction

How Far From Maple Garden 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 Maple Garden to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Liberty, which is the Seat of Clay County, lies just to the East Northeast.
• Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 132 miles [212.4 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Maple Garden to Jefferson City, with an average speed<3>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 935 miles [1,504.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 54 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,564 miles [10,563.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,309 miles [11,762.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,199 miles [8,367 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'