Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Shrum, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shrum and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Shrum

• 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 Shrum:
  • 37.383944, -90.015105
  • 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 Shrum

• 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 Bollinger County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bollinger County
  • Since Shrum is near Madison County and also Cape Girardeau County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cape Girardeau 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 Shrum

Curious and Interesting Names Near Shrum ...

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.

• Alliance
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Alliance is located in Bollinger County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance
• Glenallen
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Glenallen is located in Bollinger County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenallen
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
• Grassy
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Grassy is located in Bollinger County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy
• Gravel Hill
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Gravel Hill is located in Cape Girardeau County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
• Hurricane
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Hurricane is located in Bollinger County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
• Huskey
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Huskey is located in Bollinger County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huskey
• Lutesville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Lutesville is located in Bollinger County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutesville
• Marble Hill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Marble Hill is located in Bollinger County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble Hill
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,460 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marble Hill <1>
• Precinct
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Precinct is located in Bollinger County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Precinct

How Far From Shrum to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Shrum to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Shrum and extending to:

• Marble Hill, which is the Seat of Bollinger County, lies just to the South Southeast.
• Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 143 miles [230.1 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Shrum to Jefferson City, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 711 miles [1,144.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,492 miles [10,447.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,222 miles [11,622.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,100 miles [8,207.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'