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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 Mumford, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mumford 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 Mumford:
- 37.187869, -93.200622
- 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 Mumford
- 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 Greene County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
- Since Mumford is near Christian County and also Webster 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 Webster 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 Mumford
Communities Also Named Mumford ...
We found four communities that are also named Mumford.
Within Missouri, the name Mumford is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Barber 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 Kansas community of Mumford [Barber County].
- New York
- Monroe County
- This Mumford is located in Monroe County and lies 902 miles [1,451.6 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Mumford that is located in Greene County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Mumford.
- Ontario
- 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 Ontario community of Mumford.
- Texas
- Robertson County
- This Mumford is located in Robertson County and lies 485 miles [780.5 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Mumford that is located in Greene County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Robertson County community of Mumford.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mumford ...
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.
- Cassidy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cody
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cody is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cody
- Expansion
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Expansion is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Expansion
- Kissick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kissick is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kissick
- Mascot
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mascot is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascot
- Mentor
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mentor is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mentor
- Palace ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Palace is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palace
- Riverpark
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Riverpark is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverpark
- Roseville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Roseville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Valley Water Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Water Mills is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Water Mills
How Far From Mumford 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 Mumford to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mumford and extending to:
- Springfield, which is the Seat of Greene County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 110 miles [177 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Mumford 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 885 miles [1,424.3 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 6,621 miles [10,655.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,359 miles [11,843.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,240 miles [8,433 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Mumford 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mumford) 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 Mumford 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 Mumford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1879, Longitude: -93.2006 In this case, the coordinates for Mumford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.978 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.762 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.358 degrees. |
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