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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 McPheters Ford, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McPheters Ford 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 McPheters Ford:
- 37.821982, -92.872406
- 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 McPheters Ford
- 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 Dallas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dallas County
- Since McPheters Ford is near Laclede County and also Camden County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Laclede County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Camden 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 McPheters Ford
Curious and Interesting Names Near McPheters Ford ...
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.
- Case
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Case is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Case
- Celt
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Celt is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celt
- Corkery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Corkery is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corkery
- Ira
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ira is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira
- Leadmine
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Leadmine is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadmine
- Miller Ford ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Miller Ford is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Ford
- Ralphwhite Ford ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Ralphwhite Ford is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralphwhite Ford
- Sweet Hollow Ford ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sweet Hollow Ford is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Hollow Ford
- Tom Hollow Ford ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tom Hollow Ford is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tom Hollow Ford
How Far From McPheters Ford 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 McPheters Ford to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<1> community of McPheters Ford once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in McPheters Ford and extending to:
- Buffalo, which is the Seat of Dallas County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from McPheters Ford to Buffalo, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of 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 64 miles [103 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 859 miles [1,382.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,576 miles [10,583 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,315 miles [11,772.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,197 miles [8,363.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 McPheters Ford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- McPheters Ford) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 McPheters Ford 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 McPheters Ford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8220, Longitude: -92.8724 In this case, the coordinates for McPheters Ford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.80 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.641 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.082 degrees. |
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