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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 Mosby, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mosby 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 Mosby:
- 39.315407, -94.294105
- 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 Mosby
- 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 Clay County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
- Since Mosby is near Ray County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ray County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Mosby
Communities Also Named Mosby ...
We found three communities that are also named Mosby.
Within Missouri, the name Mosby is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Phillips County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Mosby [Phillips County].
- Montana
- Garfield County
- This Mosby is located in Garfield County and lies 863 miles [1,388.9 km]<2> to the northwest of the Mosby that is located in Clay County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garfield County community of Mosby.
- Virginia
- Fairfax County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Mosby [Fairfax County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mosby ...
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.
- Chick ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Chick is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chick
- Claysville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Claysville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Coopers
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Coopers is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers
- Crescent Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Crescent Lake is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Lake
- Crystal Lakes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Golf Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Golf Hill is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golf Hill
- Greenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Greenville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Homestead
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Homestead is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- New Garden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- New Garden is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Garden
- Roosterville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Stockdale ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wood Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Wood Heights is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 700 people
- Woods Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
How Far From Mosby 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 city such as Mosby to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mosby and extending to:
- Liberty, which is the Seat of Clay County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 124 miles [199.6 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Mosby to Jefferson City, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 923 miles [1,485.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 53 days.
- The shortest distance<4> 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).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,296 miles [11,741.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,185 miles [8,344.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Mosby 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Mosby) 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 Mosby 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 Mosby. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3154, Longitude: -94.2941 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.848 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.048 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.478 degrees. |
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