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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 Spring Fork, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Spring Fork 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 Spring Fork:
- 38.578630, -93.238539
- 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 Spring Fork
- 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 Pettis County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pettis County
- Since Spring Fork is near Benton County and also Morgan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Benton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan 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 Spring Fork
Communities Also Named Spring Fork ...
We found one communities that are also named Spring Fork.
Within Missouri, the name Spring Fork is unique.
Beyond Missouri, there is another community also named Spring Fork in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- West Virginia
- Kanawha County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Spring Fork [Kanawha County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Spring Fork ...
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.
- Crest
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Crest is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crest
- Florence
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Florence is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Georgetown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Georgetown is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Green Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Green Ridge is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 495 people
- Lake Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Creek is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Creek
- Lincoln
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Manila
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Manila is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila
- Newland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Newland is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newland
- Otterville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Spring Fork 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 Spring Fork to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Spring Fork and extending to:
- Sedalia, which is the Seat of Pettis County, lies just to the North.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 57 miles [91.7 km]<3> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Spring Fork to Jefferson City, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 871 miles [1,401.7 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 50 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,551 miles [10,542.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,292 miles [11,735.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,177 miles [8,331.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Spring Fork 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Spring Fork) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Spring Fork 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 Spring Fork. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5786, Longitude: -93.2385 In this case, the coordinates for Spring Fork have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.091 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.076 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.108 degrees. |
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