Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 McElyea Place:
  • 36.500892, -90.139264
  • 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 McElyea Place

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

Curious and Interesting Names Near McElyea Place ...

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.

• Bethany
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Bethany is located in Dunklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
• Brian
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Brian is located in Dunklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brian
• Carryville
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Carryville is located in Clay County (AR)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carryville
• Frisbee
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Frisbee is located in Dunklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisbee
• Greenway
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Greenway is located in Clay County (AR)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
• Mitchell
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Mitchell is located in Clay County (AR)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
• Page
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Page is located in Dunklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page
• Pine City
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Pine City is located in Dunklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
• Providence
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Providence is located in Dunklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
• Spoonerville
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Spoonerville is located in Dunklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spoonerville
• Valley Ridge
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Valley Ridge is located in Dunklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Ridge

How Far From McElyea Place to ...

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 McElyea Place to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in McElyea Place and extending to:

• Kennett, which is the Seat of Dunklin County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from McElyea Place to Kennett, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
• Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 181 miles [291.3 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 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 734 miles [1,181.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,540 miles [10,525.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,269 miles [11,698.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,145 miles [8,280.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'