Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Poor Farm, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Poor Farm and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Poor Farm
- 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 Poor Farm:
- 37.100050, -89.527584
- 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 Poor Farm
- 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 Scott County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Scott County
- Since Poor Farm is near Alexander County and also Cape Girardeau County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Alexander County
- eBird sighting report for Cape Girardeau 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 Poor Farm ...
We found one communities that share the name Poor Farm.
Within Missouri, the name Poor Farm is unique.
Beyond Missouri, there is another community also named Poor Farm in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Curious and Interesting Names Near Poor Farm ...
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.
- Commerce
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commerce
- Commerce is located in Scott County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Commerce <2>
- Fayville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Gale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast) - Grays Point ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grays Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Point
- Grays Point is located in Scott County
- Hilltop
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north) - Kagel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest) - Olive Branch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Olive Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Branch
- Olive Branch is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olive Branch <2>
- Price Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Price Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price Landing
- Price Landing is located in Scott County
- Rockview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest) - Tankville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
How Far From Poor Farm 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 Poor Farm 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 Poor Farm once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Poor Farm and extending to:
- Benton, which is the Seat of Scott County, lies just to the West.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 690 miles [1,110.4 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Poor Farm to White House, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 40 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,487 miles [10,439.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,216 miles [11,613 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,093 miles [8,196.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Poor Farm) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Poor Farm. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1001, Longitude: -89.5276 In this case, the coordinates for Poor Farm have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Poor Farm, 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 Poor Farm to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.57 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.967 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.683 degrees. |