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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 Sage Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sage Hill and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Sage Hill:
    • 36.924781, -93.683810
    • 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 Sage Hill
  • 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 Sage Hill is near Barry County and also Stone County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Barry County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Stone 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 Sage Hill

Communities Also Named Sage Hill ...

We found one communities that are also named Sage Hill.

Within Missouri, the name Sage Hill is unique.

Beyond Missouri, there is another community also named Sage Hill in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Sage Hill is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,009 miles [1,623.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Sage Hill that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Sage Hill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sage Hill ...

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.

  • Aurora
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Crane
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Globe
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Globe is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
  • Jenkins
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jenkins is located in Barry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
  • Marionville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Opal
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Opal is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opal
  • Orange
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Orange is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
  • Pleasant Ridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Pleasant Ridge is located in Barry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
  • Quail
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Quail is located in Stone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail
  • Tom Town ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Tom Town is located in Barry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tom Town

How Far From Sage Hill 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 Sage Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sage Hill and extending to:

  • Mount Vernon, which is the Seat of Lawrence County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sage Hill to Mount Vernon, with an average speed<3> 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.
  • Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 140 miles [225.3 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 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 915 miles [1,472.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 52 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,652 miles [10,705.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,390 miles [11,893.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,272 miles [8,484.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Sage Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>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 Sage Hill 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 Sage Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9248, Longitude: -93.6838       In this case, the coordinates for Sage Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.281 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.08 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.632 degrees.