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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 Merriam Woods, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Merriam Woods 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 Merriam Woods:
- 36.716853, -93.169717
- 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 Merriam Woods
- 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 Taney County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Taney County
- Since Merriam Woods is near Christian County and also Stone County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Christian County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stone 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 Merriam Woods
Curious and Interesting Names Near Merriam Woods ...
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.
- Bull Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bull Creek is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Day
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Day is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day
- Dickens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Dickens is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickens
- Edgewater Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Edgewater Beach is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Beach
- Kirbyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Kissee Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Long Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Long Beach is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Beach
- Mildred
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mildred is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mildred
- Powersite
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Powersite is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powersite
- Rockaway Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Saddlebrooke
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Saddlebrooke is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddlebrooke
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Saddlebrooke has also been known as:
- Saddlebrooke village
- Walnut Shade
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Walnut Shade is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Shade
How Far From Merriam Woods 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 village such as Merriam Woods to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Merriam Woods and extending to:
- Forsyth, which is the Seat of Taney County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 139 miles [223.7 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Merriam Woods 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 891 miles [1,433.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,644 miles [10,692.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,380 miles [11,877 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,261 miles [8,466.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Merriam Woods) 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 Merriam Woods 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 Merriam Woods. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7169, Longitude: -93.1697 In this case, the coordinates for Merriam Woods have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.924 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.638 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.43 degrees. |
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