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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 New Garden, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Garden and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 New Garden:
    • 39.323062, -94.166055
    • 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 New Garden
  • 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 Ray County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ray County
    • Since New Garden is near Clay County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 New Garden

Communities Also Named New Garden ...

We found four communities that are also named New Garden.

Within Missouri, the name New Garden is unique.

Beyond Missouri, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • North Carolina
      • Guilford 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 North Carolina community of New Garden [Guilford County].
    • Ohio
      • Columbiana County
      • This New Garden is located in Columbiana County and lies 706 miles [1,136.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the New Garden that is located in Ray County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbiana County community of New Garden.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Chester County
      • This New Garden is located in Chester County and lies 978 miles [1,573.9 km]<2> to the east of the New Garden that is located in Ray County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of New Garden.
    • Virginia
      • Russell 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 Virginia community of New Garden [Russell County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near New Garden ...

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.

  • Chick ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Chick is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chick
  • Coopers
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Coopers is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers
  • Crescent Lake
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Crescent Lake is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Lake
  • Crystal Lakes
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Crystal Lakes is located in Ray County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
  • Elkhorn
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Elkhorn is located in Ray County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
  • Golf Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Golf Hill is located in Ray County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golf Hill
  • Homestead
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Homestead is located in Ray County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
  • Wood Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Wood Heights is located in Ray County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Heights
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 700 people
  • Woods Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Woods Heights is located in Ray County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Heights

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

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

  • Richmond, which is the Seat of Ray County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from New Garden to Richmond, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 118 miles [189.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 916 miles [1,474.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 52 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,546 miles [10,534.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,290 miles [11,732.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,179 miles [8,334.8 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 New Garden 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- New Garden) 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 New Garden 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 New Garden. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3231, Longitude: -94.1661       In this case, the coordinates for New Garden have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.761 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.948 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.414 degrees.