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 Richwoods:
38.158068, -90.830850
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.
We found four communities that share the name Richwoods.
Within Missouri, the name Richwoods is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Clark County
This Richwoods is located in Clark County and lies 311 miles [500.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Richwoods that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Richwoods.
Lawrence County
This Richwoods is located in Lawrence County and lies 139 miles [223.7 km] to the south of the Richwoods that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Richwoods.
Illinois
Crawford County
This Richwoods is located in Crawford County and lies 185 miles [297.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Richwoods that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Richwoods.
Tennessee
Dyer County
This Richwoods is located in Dyer County and lies 165 miles [265.5 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Richwoods that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dyer County community of Richwoods.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Richwoods ...
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.
Cottage Farm (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottage Farm have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Grubville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
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 Richwoods to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Richwoods and extending to:
Potosi, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Richwoods to Potosi, with an average speed<4> 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 746 miles [1,200.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,484 miles [10,435 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,219 miles [11,617.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,099 miles [8,206 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Richwoods) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Richwoods. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1581, Longitude: -90.8308
<2>
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.
<3>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>
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.
<5>
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 Richwoods to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.468 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.146 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.051 degrees.