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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 Wentworth, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wentworth 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 Wentworth:
    • 36.993268, -94.075072
    • 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 Wentworth
  • 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 Wentworth ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Wentworth.

Within Missouri, the name Wentworth is unique.

Beyond Missouri, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, nine are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Cook 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 Illinois community of Wentworth [Cook County].
    • Iowa
      • Mitchell 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 Iowa community of Wentworth [Mitchell County].
    • Kentucky
      • Letcher 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 Kentucky community of Wentworth [Letcher County].
    • Michigan
      • Kent 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 Michigan community of Wentworth [Kent County].
    • New Hampshire
      • Grafton County
      • This Wentworth is located in Grafton County and lies 1,251 miles [2,013.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Wentworth that is located in Newton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grafton County community of Wentworth.
    • North Carolina
      • Rockingham County
      • This Wentworth is located in Rockingham County and lies 793 miles [1,276.2 km]<2> to the east of the Wentworth that is located in Newton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Wentworth.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Wentworth lies 1,679 miles [2,702.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Wentworth that is located in Newton County.
    • Quebec
      • This Wentworth lies 1,183 miles [1,903.9 km]<2> to the northeast of the Wentworth that is located in Newton County.
    • South Dakota
      • Lake County
      • This Wentworth is located in Lake County and lies 506 miles [814.3 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Wentworth that is located in Newton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Wentworth.
    • Texas
      • Van Zandt County
      • This Wentworth is located in Van Zandt County and lies 320 miles [515 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Wentworth that is located in Newton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Zandt County community of Wentworth.
    • Wisconsin
      • Douglas County
      • This Wentworth is located in Douglas County and lies 673 miles [1,083.1 km]<2> to the north of the Wentworth that is located in Newton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Wentworth.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wentworth ...

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.

  • Center Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Center Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
    • Center Point is located in Newton County
  • Chester ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chester have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
    • Chester is located in Newton County
  • Dry Valley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dry Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Valley
    • Dry Valley is located in Lawrence County
  • Forest Park ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
    • Forest Park is located in Lawrence County
  • Jolly
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jolly have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolly
    • Jolly is located in Newton County
  • Motley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motley
    • Motley is located in Jasper County
  • Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park
    • Park is located in Newton County
  • Pierce City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Pioneer
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
    • Pioneer is located in Barry County
  • Reeds
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reeds have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds
    • Reeds is located in Jasper County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
  • Yonkerville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yonkerville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yonkerville
    • Yonkerville is located in Barry County

How Far From Wentworth to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a village such as Wentworth to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Neosho, which is the Seat of Newton County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Wentworth to Neosho, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over 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.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 935 miles [1,504.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 54 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,663 miles [10,723.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,402 miles [11,912.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,285 miles [8,505.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wentworth. 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 Wentworth 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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Wentworth) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wentworth. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9933, Longitude: -94.0751       In this case, the coordinates for Wentworth have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Wentworth 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 318.547 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.398 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.804 degrees.









 

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