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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 Table Rock, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Table Rock 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 Table Rock:
    • 36.604785, -93.298794
    • 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 Table Rock
  • 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 Taney County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Taney County
    • Since Table Rock is near Stone County and also Carroll County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Stone County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll 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 Table Rock

Communities Also Named Table Rock ...

We found ten communities that are also named Table Rock.

There is one other community in Missouri that is also named Table Rock.

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

  • Communities Located In Missouri ...
    • Phelps County
      • This Table Rock is located in Phelps County and lies 117 miles [188.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Table Rock that is located in Taney County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Phelps County community of Table Rock.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Sierra 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 California community of Table Rock [Sierra County].
    • Colorado
      • El Paso 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 Colorado community of Table Rock [El Paso County].
    • Kansas
      • Table Rock #1
      • 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 Kansas community of Table Rock.
    • Maryland
      • Garrett 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 Maryland community of Table Rock [Garrett County].
    • Nebraska
      • Pawnee County
      • This Table Rock is located in Pawnee County and lies 289 miles [465.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Table Rock that is located in Taney County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pawnee County community of Table Rock.
    • North Carolina
      • Burke County
      • This Table Rock is located in Burke County and lies 642 miles [1,033.2 km]<1> to the east of the Table Rock that is located in Taney County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burke County community of Table Rock.
    • Oregon
      • Jackson County
      • This Table Rock is located in Jackson County and lies 1,619 miles [2,605.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Table Rock that is located in Taney County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Table Rock.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Adams County
      • This Table Rock is located in Adams County and lies 899 miles [1,446.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Table Rock that is located in Taney County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Table Rock.
    • Wyoming
      • Sweetwater County
      • This Table Rock is located in Sweetwater County and lies 877 miles [1,411.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Table Rock that is located in Taney County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sweetwater County community of Table Rock.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Table Rock ...

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.

  • Blue Eye
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Cedar Valley ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Cedar Valley is located in Taney County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley
  • Coney Island
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Coney Island is located in Stone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coney Island
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
  • Flag ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Flag is located in Taney County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flag
  • Homer
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Homer is located in Stone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
  • Indian Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Lakeview
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Lakeview is located in Stone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
  • Marvel Cave
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Marvel Cave is located in Stone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvel Cave
  • Notch
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Notch is located in Stone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Notch
  • Oasis ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Oasis is located in Taney County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oasis
  • Radical
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Radical is located in Stone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radical
  • Silver Dollar City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Silver Dollar City is located in Stone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Dollar City

How Far From Table Rock 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 village such as Table Rock to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Forsyth, which is the Seat of Taney County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Table Rock to Forsyth, 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 149 miles [239.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 900 miles [1,448.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 52 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,655 miles [10,710.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,391 miles [11,894.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,271 miles [8,482.9 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- Table Rock) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Table Rock 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 Table Rock 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 Table Rock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6048, Longitude: -93.2988       In this case, the coordinates for Table Rock have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.001 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.713 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.51 degrees.