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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 Swift, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Swift 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 Swift:
- 36.329232, -89.754250
- 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 Swift
- 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 Pemiscot County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pemiscot County
- Since Swift is near New Madrid County and also Lake County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for New Madrid County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake 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 Swift
Communities Also Named Swift ...
We found fourteen communities that are also named Swift.
Within Missouri, the name Swift is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, thirteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Baldwin County
- This Swift is located in Baldwin County and lies 428 miles [688.8 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Swift that is located in Pemiscot County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baldwin County community of Swift.
- British Columbia
- This Swift lies 1,904 miles [3,064.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Swift that is located in Pemiscot County.
- Florida
- Polk 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 Florida community of Swift [Polk County].
- Illinois
- DuPage County
- This Swift is located in DuPage County and lies 396 miles [637.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Swift that is located in Pemiscot County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the DuPage County community of Swift.
- Kansas
- Nemaha County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Nemaha County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nemaha County community of Swift.
- Louisiana
- Webster Parish
- This Swift is located in Webster Parish and lies 334 miles [537.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Swift that is located in Pemiscot County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Webster Parish community of Swift.
- Michigan
- Mackinac 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 Michigan community of Swift [Mackinac County].
- Minnesota
- Roseau County
- This Swift is located in Roseau County and lies 907 miles [1,459.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Swift that is located in Pemiscot County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roseau County community of Swift.
- Montana
- Cascade 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 Montana community of Swift [Cascade County].
- Nebraska
- Otoe 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 Nebraska community of Swift [Otoe County].
- Ohio
- Washington County
- This Swift is located in Washington County and lies 490 miles [788.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Swift that is located in Pemiscot County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Swift.
- Tennessee
- Hardin County
- This Swift is located in Hardin County and lies 113 miles [181.9 km]<1> to the southeast of the Swift that is located in Pemiscot County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardin County community of Swift.
- Texas
- Nacogdoches County
- This Swift is located in Nacogdoches County and lies 423 miles [680.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Swift that is located in Pemiscot County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nacogdoches County community of Swift.
- Washington
- Whitman County
- This Swift is located in Whitman County and lies 1,595 miles [2,566.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Swift that is located in Pemiscot County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whitman County community of Swift.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Swift ...
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.
- Blazer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Blazer is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blazer
- Bragg City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bragg City is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Fourteen Bend ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fourteen Bend is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourteen Bend
- Gill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Gill is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gill
- Homestown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Homestown is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Kennedy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kennedy is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
- Netherlands
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Netherlands is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netherlands
- Peach Orchard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Peach Orchard is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
- Portageville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shade
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Shade is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shade
- Stanley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Stanley is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- Terry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Terry is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry
How Far From Swift 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 Swift to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Swift and extending to:
- Caruthersville, which is the Seat of Pemiscot County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Swift to Caruthersville, with an average speed<5> 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 204 miles [328.3 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 717 miles [1,153.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,534 miles [10,515.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,261 miles [11,685.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,137 miles [8,267.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Swift) 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 Swift 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> | 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 Swift, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Swift 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 Swift. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3292, Longitude: -89.7542 In this case, the coordinates for Swift have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.675 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.983 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.951 degrees. |
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