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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 Neosho, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Neosho 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 Neosho:
- 36.869642, -94.368415
- 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 Neosho
- 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 Newton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Newton County
- Since Neosho is near McDonald County and also Jasper County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McDonald County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jasper 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 Neosho
Communities Also Named Neosho ...
We found four communities that are also named Neosho.
Within Missouri, the name Neosho is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Allen 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 Neosho [Allen County].
- Cherokee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Neosho [Cherokee County].
- Coffey County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Neosho [Coffey County].
- Wisconsin
- Dodge County
- This Neosho is located in Dodge County and lies 541 miles [870.7 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Neosho that is located in Newton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dodge County community of Neosho.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Neosho ...
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.
- Aroma
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Aroma is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aroma
- Boulder City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Boulder City is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder City
- Christopher
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Christopher is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christopher
- Diamond
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Erie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fredville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fredville is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredville
- Goodman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- June
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- June is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for June
- Stark City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Sweetwater
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sweetwater is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
- Wanda
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wanda is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanda
How Far From Neosho 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 city such as Neosho to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Neosho and extending to:
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 167 miles [268.8 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Neosho to Jefferson City, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 953 miles [1,533.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,680 miles [10,750.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,419 miles [11,939.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,302 miles [8,532.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Neosho 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- Neosho) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Neosho 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 Neosho. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8696, Longitude: -94.3684 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.735 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.599 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.964 degrees. |
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