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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 Palace, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Palace 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 Palace:
- 37.120884, -93.164627
- 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 Palace
- 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 Greene County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
- Since Palace is near Christian County and also Webster County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Christian County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Webster 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 Palace
Communities Also Named Palace ...
We found two communities that are also named Palace.
There is one other community in Missouri that is also named Palace.
Beyond Missouri, there is another community also named Palace in the United States.
- Communities Located In Missouri ...
- Pulaski County
- This Palace is located in Pulaski County and lies 65 miles [104.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Palace that is located in Greene County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Palace.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Texas
- Van Zandt 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 Palace [Van Zandt County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Palace ...
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.
- All
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- All is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for All
- Cassidy
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cassidy is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassidy
- Cody
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cody is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cody
- Expansion
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Expansion is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Expansion
- Kissick
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kissick is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kissick
- Mentor
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mentor is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mentor
- Panther Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Panther Valley is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther Valley
- Riverpark
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Riverpark is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverpark
- Rogersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
How Far From Palace 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 Palace to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Palace once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Palace and extending to:
- Springfield, which is the Seat of Greene County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Palace to Springfield, with an average speed<5> 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 114 miles [183.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). 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 884 miles [1,422.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,623 miles [10,658.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,360 miles [11,844.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,242 miles [8,436.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Palace) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 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 Palace 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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 Palace, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Palace 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 Palace. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1209, Longitude: -93.1646 In this case, the coordinates for Palace have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.949 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.72 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.353 degrees. |
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