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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 Neola, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Neola 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 Neola:
    • 37.505600, -93.869658
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Neola
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Neola ...

We found six communities that share the name Neola.

Within Missouri, the name Neola is unique.

Beyond Missouri, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Iowa
      • Pottawattamie County
      • This Neola is located in Pottawattamie County and lies 287 miles [461.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Neola that is located in Dade County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pottawattamie County community of Neola.
    • Kansas
      • Labette 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 Neola [Labette County].
      • Stafford County
      • This Neola is located in Stafford County and lies 254 miles [408.8 km]<1> to the west of the Neola that is located in Dade County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Neola.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Monroe County
      • This Neola is located in Monroe County and lies 1,017 miles [1,636.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Neola that is located in Dade County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Neola.
    • Utah
      • Duchesne County
      • This Neola is located in Duchesne County and lies 889 miles [1,430.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Neola that is located in Dade County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Duchesne County community of Neola.
    • West Virginia
      • Greenbrier County
      • This Neola is located in Greenbrier County and lies 750 miles [1,207 km]<1> to the east of the Neola that is located in Dade County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenbrier County community of Neola.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Neola ...

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.

  • Cedarville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedarville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
    • Cedarville is located in Dade County
  • Crisp
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crisp have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisp
    • Crisp is located in Dade County
  • Fiddlers Ford
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fiddlers Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiddlers Ford
    • Fiddlers Ford is located in Dade County
  • Grays Valley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grays Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Valley
    • Grays Valley is located in Dade County
  • Greenfield
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Kings Point
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Point
    • Kings Point is located in Dade County
  • Masters
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Masters have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masters
    • Masters is located in Cedar County
  • Needmore
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Needmore have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
    • Needmore is located in Cedar County
  • Pilgrim
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pilgrim have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim
    • Pilgrim is located in Dade County
  • Tingley
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tingley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tingley
    • Tingley is located in Cedar County

How Far From Neola to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Neola to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Greenfield, which is the Seat of Dade County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 917 miles [1,475.8 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Neola to White House, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 53 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 36 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,629 miles [10,668.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,369 miles [11,859.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,252 miles [8,452.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Neola. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Neola) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Neola. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5056, Longitude: -93.8697       In this case, the coordinates for Neola have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Neola 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Neola to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.447 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.348 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.615 degrees.









 

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