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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 Stickney, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stickney and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Stickney:
    • 38.067541, -91.935442
    • 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 Stickney
  • 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 Maries County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Maries County
    • Since Stickney is near Phelps County and also Pulaski County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Phelps County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pulaski 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 Stickney

Communities Also Named Stickney ...

We found seven communities that are also named Stickney.

Within Missouri, the name Stickney is unique.

Beyond Missouri, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • This Stickney is located in Cook County and lies 339 miles [545.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Stickney that is located in Maries County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Stickney.
    • Kansas
      • Barton County
      • This Stickney is located in Barton County and lies 375 miles [603.5 km]<1> to the west of the Stickney that is located in Maries County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barton County community of Stickney.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Stickney lies 1,364 miles [2,195.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Stickney that is located in Maries County.
    • Ohio
      • Lucas 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 Ohio community of Stickney [Lucas County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • McKean County
      • This Stickney is located in McKean County and lies 743 miles [1,195.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Stickney that is located in Maries County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McKean County community of Stickney.
    • South Dakota
      • Aurora County
      • This Stickney is located in Aurora County and lies 510 miles [820.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Stickney that is located in Maries County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aurora County community of Stickney.
    • West Virginia
      • Raleigh County
      • This Stickney is located in Raleigh County and lies 566 miles [910.9 km]<1> to the east of the Stickney that is located in Maries County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Raleigh County community of Stickney.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stickney ...

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.

  • Franks
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Franks is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franks
  • Helm
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Helm is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helm
  • James Brothers
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • James Brothers is located in Maries County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Brothers
  • Jerome
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jerome is located in Phelps County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
  • Lanes Prairie
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Lanes Prairie is located in Maries County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanes Prairie
  • Paydown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Paydown is located in Maries County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paydown
  • Paydown Ford ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Paydown Ford is located in Maries County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paydown Ford
  • Shantytown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Shantytown is located in Maries County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shantytown
  • Signal ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Signal is located in Phelps County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Signal
  • Sugartree
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Sugartree is located in Phelps County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugartree
  • Table Rock
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Table Rock is located in Phelps County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Rock
  • Tavern
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Tavern is located in Maries County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tavern

How Far From Stickney 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 Stickney to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Stickney and extending to:

  • Vienna, which is the Seat of Maries County, lies just to the North.
  • Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Stickney to Jefferson City, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 806 miles [1,297.1 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 46 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,529 miles [10,507.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,267 miles [11,695.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,148 miles [8,284.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Stickney) 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 Stickney 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 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.
<4>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 Stickney 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 Stickney. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0675, Longitude: -91.9354       In this case, the coordinates for Stickney have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.192 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.969 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.589 degrees.