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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 Round Grove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Round Grove 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 Round Grove:
- 37.266599, -93.905577
- 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 Round Grove
- 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 Lawrence County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
- Since Round Grove is near Dade County and also Jasper County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dade County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jasper 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 Round Grove
Communities Also Named Round Grove ...
We found five communities that are also named Round Grove.
Within Missouri, the name Round Grove is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Whiteside County
- This Round Grove is located in Whiteside County and lies 378 miles [608.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Round Grove that is located in Lawrence County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whiteside County community of Round Grove.
- Indiana
- White County
- This Round Grove is located in White County and lies 434 miles [698.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Round Grove that is located in Lawrence County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the White County community of Round Grove.
- Iowa
- Scott 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 Iowa community of Round Grove [Scott County].
- Kansas
- Washington County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Washington County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Round Grove.
- Nebraska
- Custer 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 Nebraska community of Round Grove [Custer County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Round Grove ...
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.
- Albatross
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Albatross is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albatross
- Call
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Call is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Call
- Fiddlers Ford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fiddlers Ford is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiddlers Ford
- Grays Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Grays Point is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Point
- Heatonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kings Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kings Point is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Point
- Pilgrim
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Red Oak
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rescue
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rescue is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rescue
- Turnback ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Turnback is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnback
How Far From Round Grove 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 Round Grove to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Round Grove and extending to:
- Mount Vernon, which is the Seat of Lawrence County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Round Grove to Mount Vernon, with an average speed<4> 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 130 miles [209.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 922 miles [1,483.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 53 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,643 miles [10,690.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,382 miles [11,880.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,265 miles [8,473.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Round Grove) 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 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 Round Grove 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> | 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 Round Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Round Grove 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 Round Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2666, Longitude: -93.9056 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.454 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.325 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.676 degrees. |
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