Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Sterling, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sterling and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Sterling
- 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 Sterling:
- 37.043250, -92.008128
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Sterling
- 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 Howell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Howell County
- Since Sterling is near Texas County and also Douglas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Texas County
- eBird sighting report for Douglas 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Sterling ...
We found 41 communities that share the name Sterling.
Within Missouri, the name Sterling is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of another 41 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 41 communities, 40 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Alaska
- This Sterling lies 2,988 miles [4,808.7 km]<2> to the northwest of the Sterling that is located in Howell County.
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Sterling is located in Hillsborough County and lies 837 miles [1,347 km]<2> to the southeast of the Sterling that is located in Howell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Sterling.
- Miami-Dade County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Sterling [Miami-Dade County].
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Logan County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Sterling [Logan County].
- Rice County
- This Sterling is located in Rice County and lies 348 miles [560.1 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Sterling that is located in Howell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rice County community of Sterling.
- Louisiana
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Arenac County
- This Sterling is located in Arenac County and lies 638 miles [1,026.8 km]<2> to the northeast of the Sterling that is located in Howell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Arenac County community of Sterling.
- Macomb County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Sterling [Macomb County].
- Mississippi
- Montana
- Nebraska
- New York
- North Carolina
- Mecklenburg County
- This Sterling is located in Mecklenburg County and lies 634 miles [1,020.3 km]<2> to the east of the Sterling that is located in Howell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecklenburg County community of Sterling.
- Robeson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Sterling [Robeson County].
- North Dakota
- Nova Scotia
- This Sterling lies 1,756 miles [2,826 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Sterling that is located in Howell County.
- Ohio
- Meigs County
- This community is historic<1> and although located in Meigs County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meigs County community of Sterling.
- Wayne County
- This Sterling is located in Wayne County and lies 608 miles [978.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Sterling that is located in Howell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Sterling.
- Oklahoma
- Comanche County
- This Sterling is located in Comanche County and lies 379 miles [609.9 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Sterling that is located in Howell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Comanche County community of Sterling.
- Woods County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Sterling [Woods County].
- Pennsylvania
- Clearfield County
- This Sterling is located in Clearfield County and lies 778 miles [1,252.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Sterling that is located in Howell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clearfield County community of Sterling.
- Wayne County
- This Sterling is located in Wayne County and lies 935 miles [1,504.7 km] to the east northeast of the Sterling that is located in Howell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Sterling.
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Boone County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Sterling [Boone County].
- Wetzel County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Sterling [Wetzel County].
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sterling ...
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.
- Ann
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Big Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast) - Cedar Bluff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluff
- Cedar Bluff is located in Texas County
- Elk Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Creek
- Elk Creek is located in Texas County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Elk Creek
- From Sterling to Elk Creek
- Goodville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west) - Gravel Point ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gravel Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Point
- Gravel Point is located in Texas County
- Guild
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east) - Hebron
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest) - Mountain Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Grove
- Mountain Grove is located in Wright County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,705 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mountain Grove <5>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Mountain Grove
- From Sterling to Mountain Grove
- Prior
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west) - Solo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north) - Topaz
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest) - Willow Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
- Willow Springs is located in Howell County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,098 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Willow Springs <5>
How Far From Sterling 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 Sterling to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Sterling once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Sterling and extending to:
- West Plains, which is the Seat of Howell County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sterling to West Plains, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 823 miles [1,324.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 47 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,584 miles [10,595.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,318 miles [11,777.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,198 miles [8,365.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Sterling, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sterling) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sterling. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0433, Longitude: -92.0081 In this case, the coordinates for Sterling have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Sterling 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. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Sterling to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.179 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.819 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.829 degrees. |