Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 West Keystone:
  • 39.690279, -94.336059
  • 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 West Keystone

• 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 Clinton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Clinton County
  • Since West Keystone is near DeKalb County and also Caldwell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for DeKalb County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Caldwell 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 West Keystone

Curious and Interesting Names Near West Keystone ...

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.

• Converse
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Converse is located in Clinton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
• Keystone ‑ Historic
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Keystone is located in Clinton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
• Kidder
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Kidder is located in Caldwell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidder
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kidder <1>
• Mabel
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Mabel is located in Daviess County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
• Maple Hill
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Maple Hill is located in Clinton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
• Maysville
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Maysville is located in DeKalb County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,073 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maysville <1>
• Plainview
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Plainview is located in Clinton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
• Prairie Ridge
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Prairie Ridge is located in Caldwell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Ridge
• Starfield
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Starfield is located in Clinton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starfield

How Far From West Keystone 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 community such as West Keystone to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Plattsburg, which is the Seat of Clinton County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from West Keystone to Plattsburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 138 miles [222.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 924 miles [1,487 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 53 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,532 miles [10,512.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,278 miles [11,712.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,169 miles [8,318.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'