Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in New Home, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Home and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for New Home
- 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 Home:
- 38.144011, -94.472389
- 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 New Home
- 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 Bates County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Bates County
- Since New Home is near Vernon County and also Bourbon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Vernon County
- eBird sighting report for Bourbon 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named New Home ...
We found eleven communities that share the name New Home.
Within Missouri, the name New Home is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Blount County
- This New Home is located in Blount County and lies 533 miles [857.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the New Home that is located in Bates County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of New Home.
- DeKalb County
- This New Home is located in DeKalb County and lies 545 miles [877.1 km] to the east southeast of the New Home that is located in Bates County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of New Home.
- Arkansas
- Florida
- Georgia
- Michigan
- North Carolina
- Burke County
- This New Home is located in Burke County and lies 730 miles [1,174.8 km]<1> to the east of the New Home that is located in Bates County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burke County community of New Home.
- Cleveland 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 North Carolina community of New Home [Cleveland County].
- Surry County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of New Home [Surry County].
- Texas
- Hays 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 Texas community of New Home [Hays County].
- Lynn County
- This New Home is located in Lynn County and lies 533 miles [857.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the New Home that is located in Bates County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lynn County community of New Home.
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near New Home ...
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.
- Amos
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest) - Arthur
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Butler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butler have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
- Butler is located in Bates County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,001 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Butler <5>
- Carbon Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carbon Center have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Center
- Carbon Center is located in Vernon County
- Cornland ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Mulberry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Panama
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Peru
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east) - Rich Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rich Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Hill
- Rich Hill is located in Bates County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,322 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rich Hill <5>
- Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Virginia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
How Far From New Home 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 New Home to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in New Home and extending to:
- Butler, which is the Seat of Bates County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from New Home to Butler, with an average speed<6> 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.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 941 miles [1,514.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 54 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,618 miles [10,650.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,360 miles [11,844.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,247 miles [8,444.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for New Home. 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- New Home) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in New Home. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1440, Longitude: -94.4724 In this case, the coordinates for New Home 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 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 New Home 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about New Home, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Home to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.898 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.953 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.788 degrees. |