Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Wabash Crossing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wabash Crossing and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Wabash Crossing
- 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 Wabash Crossing:
- 39.928341, -93.938000
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Wabash Crossing
- 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 Daviess County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Daviess County
- Since Wabash Crossing is near Caldwell County and also Livingston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Caldwell County
- eBird sighting report for Livingston 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Wabash Crossing ...
We found one communities that share the name Wabash Crossing.
Within Missouri, the name Wabash Crossing is unique.
Beyond Missouri, there is another community also named Wabash Crossing in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- LaPorte County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Wabash Crossing [LaPorte County].
- Indiana
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wabash Crossing ...
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.
- Blake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Civil Bend
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Civil Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Civil Bend
- Civil Bend is located in Daviess County
- Cypress
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest) - Edinburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast) - Hickory Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Creek
- Hickory Creek is located in Grundy County
- Kidder
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidder
- Kidder is located in Caldwell County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kidder <3>
- Lock Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lock Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock Springs
- Lock Springs is located in Daviess County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Mabel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
- Mabel is located in Daviess County
- Melbourne
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast) - Pleasant Ridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Harrison County
- Silverleaf
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silverleaf have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverleaf
- Silverleaf is located in Livingston County
How Far From Wabash Crossing 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 community such as Wabash Crossing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Wabash Crossing and extending to:
- Gallatin, which is the Seat of Daviess County, lies just to the Southwest.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 903 miles [1,453.2 km]<4> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Wabash Crossing to White House, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 52 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 36 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,506 miles [10,470.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,252 miles [11,671 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,142 miles [8,275.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wabash Crossing. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Wabash Crossing 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. |
| <2> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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- Wabash Crossing) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wabash Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9283, Longitude: -93.9380 In this case, the coordinates for Wabash Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Wabash Crossing to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.637 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.884 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.178 degrees. |