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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 Salt River, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Salt River 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 Salt River:
- 39.582823, -91.305424
- 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 Salt River
- 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 Ralls County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ralls County
- Since Salt River is near Pike County and also Marion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pike County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion 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 Salt River
Communities Also Named Salt River ...
We found four communities that are also named Salt River.
Within Missouri, the name Salt River is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Maricopa County
- This Salt River is located in Maricopa County and lies 1,213 miles [1,952.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Salt River that is located in Ralls County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maricopa County community of Salt River.
- Kentucky
- Bullitt County
- This Salt River is located in Bullitt County and lies 320 miles [515 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Salt River that is located in Ralls County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bullitt County community of Salt River.
- Michigan
- Isabella 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 Michigan community of Salt River [Isabella County].
- Northwest Territories
- This Salt River lies 1,680 miles [2,703.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Salt River that is located in Ralls County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Salt River ...
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.
- Aladdin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Aladdin is located in Pike County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aladdin
- Cave City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cave City is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave City
- Flint Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Flint Hill is located in Ralls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Hannibal
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hope
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hope is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Hull
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kinderhook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lamb
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lamb is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb
- Monkey Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Monkey Run is located in Ralls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monkey Run
- Prankford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Prankford is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prankford
- Reading
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Reading is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- Shepherd
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Shepherd is located in Pike County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherd
- White Bear
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- White Bear is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Bear
How Far From Salt River 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 Salt River to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Salt River and extending to:
- New London, which is the Seat of Ralls County, lies just to the West.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 83 miles [133.6 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Salt River to Jefferson City, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 763 miles [1,227.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 44 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,430 miles [10,348.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,170 miles [11,539 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,054 miles [8,133.6 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Salt River) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Salt River 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Salt River 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 Salt River. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5828, Longitude: -91.3054 In this case, the coordinates for Salt River have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.842 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.77 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.959 degrees. |
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