Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in North Lenox, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Lenox and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for North Lenox

• 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 North Lenox:
  • 37.664765, -91.756542
  • 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 North Lenox

• 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 Dent County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Dent County
  • Since North Lenox is near Phelps County and also Texas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Phelps County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Texas 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 North Lenox

Curious and Interesting Names Near North Lenox ...

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.

• Deep Ford
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Deep Ford is located in Dent County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Ford
• Flat
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Flat is located in Phelps County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat
• Jack
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jack is located in Dent County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jack
• Joy
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Joy is located in Dent County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
• Lake Spring
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Lake Spring is located in Dent County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Spring
• Maples
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Maples is located in Texas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maples
• Ranger
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Ranger is located in Dent County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranger
• Smoky Hollow
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Smoky Hollow is located in Dent County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoky Hollow
• Yancy Mills
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Yancy Mills is located in Phelps County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancy Mills

How Far From North Lenox to ...

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in North Lenox and extending to:

• Salem, which is the Seat of Dent County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from North Lenox to Salem, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
• Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 66 miles [106.2 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 801 miles [1,289.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 46 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,543 miles [10,529.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,279 miles [11,714.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,159 miles [8,302.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'