Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Monastery:
  • 40.226380, -94.718022
  • 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 Monastery

• 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 Nodaway County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Nodaway County
  • Since Monastery is near Andrew County and also Gentry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Andrew County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Gentry 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 Monastery

Communities Also Named Monastery ...

We found one communities that are also named Monastery.

Within Missouri, the name Monastery is unique.

Beyond Missouri, there is another community also named Monastery in Canada.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Nova Scotia
    • This Monastery lies 1,701 miles [2,737.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Monastery that is located in Nodaway County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Monastery ...

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.

• Clyde
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Clyde is located in Nodaway County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 78 people
• Conception
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Conception is located in Nodaway County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conception
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Conception <2>
• Conception Junction
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Conception Junction is located in Nodaway County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conception Junction
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
• Empire Prairie ‑ Historic
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Empire Prairie is located in Andrew County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire Prairie
• Island City
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Island City is located in Gentry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
• Maryville
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Maryville is located in Nodaway County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,530 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maryville <2>
• Mount Pleasant
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Mount Pleasant is located in Gentry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
• Pumpkin Center
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Pumpkin Center is located in Nodaway County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
• Ravenwood
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Ravenwood is located in Nodaway County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 394 people

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

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

• Maryville, which is the Seat of Nodaway County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Monastery to Maryville, 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 177 miles [284.9 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 10 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 944 miles [1,519.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 54 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,518 miles [10,489.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,266 miles [11,693.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,159 miles [8,302.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'