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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 Shade, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shade 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 Shade:
- 36.175625, -89.766750
- 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 Shade
- 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 Pemiscot County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pemiscot County
- Since Shade is near Lake County and also Dyer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dyer 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 Shade
Communities Also Named Shade ...
We found four communities that are also named Shade.
Within Missouri, the name Shade is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Estill County
- This Shade is located in Estill County and lies 341 miles [548.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Shade that is located in Pemiscot County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Estill County community of Shade.
- Ohio
- Athens County
- This Shade is located in Athens County and lies 471 miles [758 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Shade that is located in Pemiscot County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Athens County community of Shade.
- Oklahoma
- Beaver 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 Oklahoma community of Shade [Beaver County].
- Virginia
- Fauquier 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 Virginia community of Shade [Fauquier County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Shade ...
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.
- Blazer
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Blazer is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blazer
- Braggadocio
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Braggadocio is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggadocio
- Cooter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cottonwood Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cottonwood Point is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Point
- Deco
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Deco is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deco
- Gill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gill is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gill
- Hall ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hall is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall
- Indian Mound
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Mound is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Mound
- Netherlands
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Netherlands is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netherlands
- New Survey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Survey is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Survey
- Terry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Terry is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry
How Far From Shade 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 Shade to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Shade and extending to:
- Caruthersville, which is the Seat of Pemiscot County, lies just to the East.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 212 miles [341.2 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Shade to Jefferson City, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 721 miles [1,160.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 41 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,542 miles [10,528.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,268 miles [11,696.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,145 miles [8,280.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Shade) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Shade 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 Shade 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 Shade. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1756, Longitude: -89.7668 In this case, the coordinates for Shade have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.674 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.961 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.989 degrees. |
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