|
Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Maxey, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Maxey 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 Maxey:
- 39.672495, -94.823019
- 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 Maxey
- 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 Buchanan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Buchanan County
- Since Maxey is near Doniphan County and also Andrew County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Doniphan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Andrew 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 Maxey
Communities Also Named Maxey ...
We found four communities that are also named Maxey.
Within Missouri, the name Maxey is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Chicot County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Maxey [Chicot County].
- Colorado
- Baca 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 Maxey [Baca County].
- Tennessee
- Dyer County
- This Maxey is located in Dyer County and lies 386 miles [621.2 km]<3> to the southeast of the Maxey that is located in Buchanan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dyer County community of Maxey.
- Texas
- Lamar County
- This Maxey is located in Lamar County and lies 415 miles [667.9 km]<3> to the south of the Maxey that is located in Buchanan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lamar County community of Maxey.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Maxey ...
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.
- Avenue City ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Avenue City is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenue City
- Blair
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Blair is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Dean
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Dean is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
- Dearborn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Faucett
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Halls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Halls is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls
- Lone Star
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lone Star is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Mock Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Mock Corner is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mock Corner
- Rushville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Willow Brook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Brook is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Brook
How Far From Maxey 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 Maxey to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Maxey and extending to:
- Saint Joseph, which is the Seat of Buchanan County, lies just to the North.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 160 miles [257.5 km]<3> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Maxey to Jefferson City, with an average speed<5>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 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 950 miles [1,528.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 54 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,550 miles [10,541.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,297 miles [11,743.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,189 miles [8,350.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Maxey, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Maxey 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Maxey) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Maxey 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 Maxey. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6725, Longitude: -94.8230 In this case, the coordinates for Maxey have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.231 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.536 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.672 degrees. |
|
|