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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 Matthews, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Matthews 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 Matthews:
    • 36.758390, -89.569014
    • 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 Matthews
  • 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 New Madrid County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for New Madrid County
    • Since Matthews is near Mississippi County and also Stoddard County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mississippi County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Stoddard 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 Matthews

Communities Also Named Matthews ...

We found seventeen communities that are also named Matthews.

Within Missouri, the name Matthews is unique.

Beyond Missouri, we know of seventeen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Montgomery County
      • This Matthews is located in Montgomery County and lies 370 miles [595.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Matthews that is located in New Madrid County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Matthews.
    • Colorado
      • Weld County
      • This Matthews is located in Weld County and lies 844 miles [1,358.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Matthews that is located in New Madrid County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weld County community of Matthews.
    • Georgia
      • Jefferson County
      • This Matthews is located in Jefferson County and lies 478 miles [769.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Matthews that is located in New Madrid County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Matthews.
    • Illinois
      • Perry County
      • This Matthews is located in Perry County and lies 84 miles [135.2 km]<1> to the north of the Matthews that is located in New Madrid County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Matthews.
    • Indiana
      • Grant County
      • This Matthews is located in Grant County and lies 333 miles [535.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Matthews that is located in New Madrid County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Matthews.
    • Kentucky
      • Breckinridge 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 Kentucky community of Matthews [Breckinridge County].
    • Maryland
      • Talbot County
      • This Matthews is located in Talbot County and lies 755 miles [1,215.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Matthews that is located in New Madrid County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talbot County community of Matthews.
    • Michigan
      • Berrien 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 Michigan community of Matthews [Berrien County].
    • Mississippi
      • Calhoun 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 Mississippi community of Matthews [Calhoun County].
      • Jones County
      • This Matthews is located in Jones County and lies 343 miles [552 km]<1> to the south of the Matthews that is located in New Madrid County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jones County community of Matthews.
      • Pontotoc County
      • This Matthews is located in Pontotoc County and lies 185 miles [297.7 km] to the south of the Matthews that is located in New Madrid County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pontotoc County community of Matthews.
    • Montana
      • Gallatin County
      • This Matthews is located in Gallatin County and lies 1,268 miles [2,040.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Matthews that is located in New Madrid County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gallatin County community of Matthews.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Matthews lies 1,396 miles [2,246.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Matthews that is located in New Madrid County.
    • New Jersey
      • Monmouth County
      • This Matthews is located in Monmouth County and lies 859 miles [1,382.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Matthews that is located in New Madrid County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monmouth County community of Matthews.
    • North Carolina
      • Mecklenburg County
      • This Matthews is located in Mecklenburg County and lies 507 miles [815.9 km]<1> to the east of the Matthews that is located in New Madrid County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecklenburg County community of Matthews.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Chester County
      • This Matthews is located in Chester County and lies 786 miles [1,264.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Matthews that is located in New Madrid County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Matthews.
    • Texas
      • Colorado County
      • This Matthews is located in Colorado County and lies 634 miles [1,020.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Matthews that is located in New Madrid County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colorado County community of Matthews.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Matthews ...

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.

  • Airline Acres
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Airline Acres is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airline Acres
  • Buckeye
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Buckeye is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
  • Champion
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Champion is located in New Madrid County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion
  • Charter Oak
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Charter Oak is located in Stoddard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charter Oak
  • Cody ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Cody is located in New Madrid County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cody
  • Grayridge
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Grayridge is located in Stoddard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayridge
  • Hurricane Ridge
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Hurricane Ridge is located in New Madrid County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane Ridge
  • Little River
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Little River is located in New Madrid County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River
  • Miner
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Miner is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miner
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 939 people
  • Sky
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Sky is located in New Madrid County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sky
  • Tanner
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Tanner is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanner

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

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

  • New Madrid, which is the Seat of New Madrid County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Matthews to New Madrid, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 189 miles [304.2 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 698 miles [1,123.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> 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).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,233 miles [11,640.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,110 miles [8,223.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Matthews) 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 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 Matthews 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 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.
<4>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 Matthews 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 Matthews. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7584, Longitude: -89.5690       In this case, the coordinates for Matthews have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.58 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.931 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.777 degrees.