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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 Strasburg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Strasburg 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 Strasburg:
- 38.759888, -94.164837
- 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 Strasburg
- 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 Cass County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cass County
- Since Strasburg is near Johnson County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Johnson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Strasburg
Communities Also Named Strasburg ...
We found nine communities that are also named Strasburg.
Within Missouri, the name Strasburg is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Adams County
- This Strasburg is located in Adams County and lies 547 miles [880.3 km]<1> to the west of the Strasburg that is located in Cass County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Strasburg.
- Illinois
- Shelby County
- This Strasburg is located in Shelby County and lies 299 miles [481.2 km]<1> to the east of the Strasburg that is located in Cass County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Strasburg.
- Michigan
- Monroe County
- This Strasburg is located in Monroe County and lies 601 miles [967.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Strasburg that is located in Cass County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Strasburg.
- North Dakota
- Emmons County
- This Strasburg is located in Emmons County and lies 593 miles [954.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Strasburg that is located in Cass County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Emmons County community of Strasburg.
- Ohio
- Tuscarawas County
- This Strasburg is located in Tuscarawas County and lies 682 miles [1,097.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Strasburg that is located in Cass County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscarawas County community of Strasburg.
- Ontario
- This Strasburg lies 780 miles [1,255.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Strasburg that is located in Cass County.
- Pennsylvania
- Lancaster County
- This Strasburg is located in Lancaster County and lies 961 miles [1,546.6 km]<1> to the east of the Strasburg that is located in Cass County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Strasburg.
- Virginia
- Shenandoah County
- This Strasburg is located in Shenandoah County and lies 848 miles [1,364.7 km]<1> to the east of the Strasburg that is located in Cass County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shenandoah County community of Strasburg.
- Wisconsin
- Langlade 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 Strasburg [Langlade County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Strasburg ...
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.
- Cause Prairie ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Cause Prairie is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cause Prairie
- Crossroads School
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Crossroads School is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads School
- Elm
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Elm is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm
- Gunn City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Gunn City is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunn City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Hicks City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hicks City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks City
- Kingsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lone Jack
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Ore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ore is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore
- Pleasant Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rose Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rose Hill is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Wyoming ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wyoming is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
How Far From Strasburg 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 city such as Strasburg to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Strasburg and extending to:
- Harrisonville, which is the Seat of Cass County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Strasburg to Harrisonville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 107 miles [172.2 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 920 miles [1,480.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 53 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,575 miles [10,581.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,318 miles [11,777.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,206 miles [8,378.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Strasburg) 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 Strasburg 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> | 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 Strasburg 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 Strasburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7599, Longitude: -94.1648 In this case, the coordinates for Strasburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.728 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.837 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.523 degrees. |
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