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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 Stockbridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stockbridge 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 Stockbridge:
    • 39.751385, -94.666626
    • 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 Stockbridge
  • 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 Buchanan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Buchanan County
    • Since Stockbridge is near DeKalb County and also Clinton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for DeKalb County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clinton 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 Stockbridge

Communities Also Named Stockbridge ...

We found seven communities that are also named Stockbridge.

Within Missouri, the name Stockbridge is unique.

Beyond Missouri, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Henry County
      • This Stockbridge is located in Henry County and lies 717 miles [1,153.9 km]<1> to the southeast of the Stockbridge that is located in Buchanan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Stockbridge.
    • Massachusetts
      • Berkshire County
      • This Stockbridge is located in Berkshire County and lies 1,122 miles [1,805.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Stockbridge that is located in Buchanan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkshire County community of Stockbridge.
    • Michigan
      • Ingham County
      • This Stockbridge is located in Ingham County and lies 576 miles [927 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Stockbridge that is located in Buchanan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ingham County community of Stockbridge.
    • New York
      • Madison County
      • This Stockbridge is located in Madison County and lies 1,010 miles [1,625.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Stockbridge that is located in Buchanan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Stockbridge.
    • Vermont
      • Windsor County
      • This Stockbridge is located in Windsor County and lies 1,158 miles [1,863.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Stockbridge that is located in Buchanan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Windsor County community of Stockbridge.
    • Wisconsin
      • Calumet County
      • This Stockbridge is located in Calumet County and lies 441 miles [709.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Stockbridge that is located in Buchanan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calumet County community of Stockbridge.
      • Shawano 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 Wisconsin community of Stockbridge [Shawano County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stockbridge ...

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.

  • Avenue City ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Avenue City is located in Andrew County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenue City
  • Dean
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Dean is located in Andrew County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
  • Faucett
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Helena
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Helena is located in Andrew County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
  • Lone Star
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Lone Star is located in Buchanan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
  • Maple Hill
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Maple Hill is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
  • Maxey
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Maxey is located in Buchanan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxey
  • Starfield
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Starfield is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starfield
  • Willow Brook
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Willow Brook is located in Buchanan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Brook

How Far From Stockbridge 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 Stockbridge 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<4> community of Stockbridge once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Stockbridge and extending to:

  • Saint Joseph, which is the Seat of Buchanan County, lies just to the West.
  • Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 156 miles [251.1 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Stockbridge to Jefferson City, with an average speed<5>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 942 miles [1,516 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 54 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,541 miles [10,526.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,288 miles [11,728.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,179 miles [8,334.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Stockbridge) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Stockbridge 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>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 Stockbridge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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.
<6>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 Stockbridge 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 Stockbridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7514, Longitude: -94.6666       In this case, the coordinates for Stockbridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.128 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.427 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.578 degrees.