Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 W B Junction:
  • 39.335020, -93.530212
  • 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 W B Junction

• 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 Carroll County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
  • Since W B Junction is near Saline County and also Lafayette County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Saline County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lafayette 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 W B Junction

Curious and Interesting Names Near W B Junction ...

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.

• Cuba
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Cuba is located in Lafayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
• Dover
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Dover is located in Lafayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
• Grand Pass
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Grand Pass is located in Saline County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Pass
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
• Hodge
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Hodge is located in Lafayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodge
• Judd
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Judd is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judd
• Lakeview
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Lakeview is located in Ray County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
• Little Osage Village
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Little Osage Village is located in Saline County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Osage Village
• Malta Bend
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Malta Bend is located in Saline County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta Bend
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Malta Bend <1>
• Miles Point
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Miles Point is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Point
• Roads
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Roads is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roads
• Sugartree
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Sugartree is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugartree

How Far From W B Junction 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 W B Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Carrollton, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies just to the Northeast.
• Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 89 miles [143.2 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from W B Junction to Jefferson City, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 882 miles [1,419.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,522 miles [10,496.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,266 miles [11,693.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,154 miles [8,294.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'