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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 Sugar Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sugar Beach 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 Sugar Beach:
- 36.603684, -94.366880
- 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 Sugar Beach
- 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 McDonald County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McDonald County
- Since Sugar Beach is near Benton County and also Newton 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 Newton 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 Sugar Beach
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sugar Beach ...
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.
- Cyclone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cyclone is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cyclone
- Deep Ford
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Deep Ford is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Ford
- Elk Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Elk Springs is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Springs
- Erie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Erie is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Ginger Blue
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ginger Blue is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginger Blue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Goodman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Griffin Ford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Griffin Ford is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin Ford
- Jane
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Plainview
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Plainview is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Splitlog
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Splitlog is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Splitlog
- Spring Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Valley is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Sulphur Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Sugar Beach 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 Sugar Beach to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sugar Beach and extending to:
- Pineville, which is the Seat of McDonald County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 181 miles [291.3 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Sugar Beach to Jefferson City, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 957 miles [1,540.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,694 miles [10,772.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,433 miles [11,962.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,315 miles [8,553.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Sugar Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Sugar Beach 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 Sugar Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6037, Longitude: -94.3669 In this case, the coordinates for Sugar Beach have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.713 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.539 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.009 degrees. |
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