Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Prairie City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Prairie City and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Prairie City
- 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 Prairie City:
- 38.078919, -94.174668
- 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 Prairie City
- 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 Prairie City is near Vernon County and also Butler County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Vernon County
- eBird sighting report for Butler 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 Prairie City ...
We found eleven communities that share the name Prairie City.
There are two communities within Missouri that are also named Prairie City.
Beyond Missouri, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Missouri ...
- Clay County
- Although located in Clay County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Prairie City.
- Daviess County
- Although located in Daviess County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Daviess County community of Prairie City.
- Clay County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Sacramento County
- This Prairie City is located in Sacramento County and lies 1,456 miles [2,343.2 km]<1> to the west of the Prairie City that is located in Bates County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sacramento County community of Prairie City.
- Illinois
- McDonough County
- This Prairie City is located in McDonough County and lies 264 miles [424.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Prairie City that is located in Bates County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McDonough County community of Prairie City.
- Indiana
- Clay County
- This Prairie City is located in Clay County and lies 391 miles [629.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Prairie City that is located in Bates County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Prairie City.
- Iowa
- Jasper County
- This Prairie City is located in Jasper County and lies 248 miles [399.1 km]<1> to the north of the Prairie City that is located in Bates County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Prairie City.
- Kansas
- Douglas County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Douglas County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Prairie City.
- Osage County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Prairie City [Osage County].
- Shawnee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Prairie City [Shawnee County].
- Oregon
- Grant County
- This Prairie City is located in Grant County and lies 1,341 miles [2,158.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Prairie City that is located in Bates County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Prairie City.
- South Dakota
- Perkins County
- This Prairie City is located in Perkins County and lies 678 miles [1,091.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Prairie City that is located in Bates County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perkins County community of Prairie City.
- California
Curious and Interesting Names Near Prairie City ...
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.
- Arthur
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Carbon Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- 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
- Fair Haven
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fair Haven have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Haven
- Fair Haven is located in Vernon County
- Indian Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
- Indian Springs is located in Vernon County
- Panama
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Peru
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest) - Pleasant Gap
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Gap have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Gap
- Pleasant Gap is located in Bates County
- Rich Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- 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>
- Rockville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Rocky Ford ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
- Rocky Ford is located in Vernon County
How Far From Prairie City 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 Prairie City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Prairie City and extending to:
- Butler, which is the Seat of Bates County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Prairie City to Butler, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 926 miles [1,490.3 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 53 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,610 miles [10,637.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,352 miles [11,831.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,238 miles [8,429.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Prairie City. 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 from Point A (ie- Prairie City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Prairie City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0789, Longitude: -94.1747 In this case, the coordinates for Prairie City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Prairie City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Prairie City 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. |
| <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 Prairie City 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 318.692 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.706 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.656 degrees. |