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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 Walnut Shade, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Walnut Shade 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 Walnut Shade:
- 36.732560, -93.193514
- 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 Walnut Shade
- 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 Walnut Shade is near Christian County and also Stone County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Christian County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stone 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 Walnut Shade
Communities Also Named Walnut Shade ...
We found one communities that are also named Walnut Shade.
Within Missouri, the name Walnut Shade is unique.
Beyond Missouri, there is another community also named Walnut Shade in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Tennessee
- Macon County
- This Walnut Shade is located in Macon County and lies 407 miles [655 km]<1> to the east of the Walnut Shade that is located in Taney County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Walnut Shade.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Walnut Shade ...
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.
- Bull Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Bull Creek is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Chestnutridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Day
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Day is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day
- Dickens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Dickens is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickens
- Edgewater Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Edgewater Beach is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Beach
- Kirbyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kissee Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Long Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Long Beach is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Beach
- Marvel Cave
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Marvel Cave is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvel Cave
- Mildred
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mildred is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mildred
- Notch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Notch is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Notch
- Pine Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Ridge is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Powersite
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Powersite is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powersite
- Rockaway Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Saddlebrooke
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Saddlebrooke is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddlebrooke
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Saddlebrooke has also been known as:
- Saddlebrooke village
- Swan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Swan is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan
How Far From Walnut Shade 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 Walnut Shade to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Walnut Shade and extending to:
- Forsyth, which is the Seat of Taney County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 138 miles [222.1 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Walnut Shade to Jefferson City, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 892 miles [1,435.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). 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 6,644 miles [10,692.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,380 miles [11,877 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,261 miles [8,466.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Walnut Shade) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Walnut Shade 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 Walnut Shade. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7326, Longitude: -93.1935 In this case, the coordinates for Walnut Shade have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.941 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.66 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.438 degrees. |
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