Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Tebbetts, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tebbetts and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Tebbetts

• 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 Tebbetts:
  • 38.620596, -91.962402
  • 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 Tebbetts

• 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 Callaway County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Callaway County
  • Since Tebbetts is near Osage County and also Cole County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Osage County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cole 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 Tebbetts

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tebbetts ...

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.

• Deer
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Deer is located in Osage County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer
• Dixie
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Dixie is located in Callaway County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
• Effie ‑ Historic
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Effie is located in Callaway County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Effie
• Frankenstein
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Frankenstein is located in Osage County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankenstein
• French Village ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • French Village is located in Osage County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Village
• Hord ‑ Historic
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Hord is located in Callaway County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hord
• Liberty
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Liberty is located in Callaway County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
• Loose Creek
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Loose Creek is located in Osage County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loose Creek
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loose Creek <1>
• Pitcher
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Pitcher is located in Callaway County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitcher

How Far From Tebbetts 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 Tebbetts to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tebbetts and extending to:

• Fulton, which is the Seat of Callaway County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Tebbetts to Fulton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
• Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 11 miles [17.7 km] to the west southwest (WSW). The buggy would take nearly four hours and walking would take five to six hours.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 803 miles [1,292.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 46 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,502 miles [10,464 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,241 miles [11,653.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,124 miles [8,246.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'