Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Musselfork:
  • 39.551416, -92.875471
  • 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 Musselfork

• 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 Chariton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Chariton County
  • Since Musselfork is near Randolph County and also Macon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Randolph County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Macon 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 Musselfork

Curious and Interesting Names Near Musselfork ...

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.

• Echo
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Echo is located in Chariton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
• Forest Green
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Forest Green is located in Chariton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Green
• Grand Port
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Grand Port is located in Chariton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Port
• Grand River City ‑ Historic
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Grand River City is located in Chariton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand River City
• Indian Grove
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Indian Grove is located in Chariton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Grove
• Lingo
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Lingo is located in Macon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lingo
• Mike
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Mike is located in Chariton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mike
• Missouri Village
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Missouri Village is located in Chariton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missouri Village
• Newcomer ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Newcomer is located in Chariton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcomer
• Oil City
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Oil City is located in Chariton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
• Prairie Hill
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Prairie Hill is located in Chariton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Hill
• Randolph Springs
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Randolph Springs is located in Randolph County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph Springs
• Salisbury
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Salisbury is located in Chariton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,510 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salisbury <1>

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Musselfork and extending to:

• Keytesville, which is the Seat of Chariton County, lies just to the South Southwest.
• Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 77 miles [123.9 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Musselfork to Jefferson City, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 847 miles [1,363.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 49 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,488 miles [10,441.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,231 miles [11,637.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,118 miles [8,236.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'