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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 Nauvoo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nauvoo 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 Nauvoo:
- 36.503955, -93.512132
- 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 Nauvoo
- 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 Stone County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stone County
- Since Nauvoo is near Carroll County and also Barry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Barry 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 Nauvoo
Communities Also Named Nauvoo ...
We found six communities that are also named Nauvoo.
Within Missouri, the name Nauvoo is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Walker County
- This Nauvoo is located in Walker County and lies 381 miles [613.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Nauvoo that is located in Stone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walker County community of Nauvoo.
- Illinois
- Hancock County
- This Nauvoo is located in Hancock County and lies 301 miles [484.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Nauvoo that is located in Stone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Nauvoo.
- Kansas
- Comanche County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Nauvoo [Comanche County].
- Pennsylvania
- Tioga County
- This Nauvoo is located in Tioga County and lies 939 miles [1,511.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Nauvoo that is located in Stone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tioga County community of Nauvoo.
- York County
- This Nauvoo is located in York County and lies 933 miles [1,501.5 km] to the east northeast of the Nauvoo that is located in Stone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Nauvoo.
- Tennessee
- Dyer County
- This Nauvoo is located in Dyer County and lies 229 miles [368.5 km]<1> to the east of the Nauvoo that is located in Stone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dyer County community of Nauvoo.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Nauvoo ...
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.
- Arrow Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Arrow Point is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrow Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Blue Eye
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Blue Eye is located in Carroll County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Eye
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Carr Lane
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Carr Lane is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carr Lane
- Freeman ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Freeman is located in Carroll County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Golden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Grandview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grandview is located in Carroll County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- High
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- High is located in Carroll County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High
- Homer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Homer is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Maple
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Maple is located in Carroll County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple
- Oak Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Carroll County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Polo ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Polo is located in Carroll County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Summers Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Summers Ford is located in Carroll County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summers Ford
How Far From Nauvoo 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 Nauvoo to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Nauvoo and extending to:
- Galena, which is the Seat of Stone County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Nauvoo to Galena, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 160 miles [257.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 913 miles [1,469.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 52 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,668 miles [10,731.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,404 miles [11,915.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,285 miles [8,505.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Nauvoo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Nauvoo 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Nauvoo 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 Nauvoo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5040, Longitude: -93.5121 In this case, the coordinates for Nauvoo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.135 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.855 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.627 degrees. |
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