Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Wilderness, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wilderness and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Wilderness
- 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 Wilderness:
- 36.788944, -91.192076
- 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 Wilderness
- 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 Oregon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Oregon County
- Since Wilderness is near Ripley County and also Carter County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Ripley County
- eBird sighting report for Carter 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 Wilderness ...
We found four communities that share the name Wilderness.
Within Missouri, the name Wilderness is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Clay 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 Florida community of Wilderness [Clay County].
- Maryland
- Saint Mary's County
- This Wilderness is located in Saint Mary's County and lies 804 miles [1,293.9 km]<2> to the east of the Wilderness that is located in Oregon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Mary's County community of Wilderness.
- Virginia
- Orange County
- This Wilderness is located in Orange County and lies 744 miles [1,197.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Wilderness that is located in Oregon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Wilderness.
- Washington
- King County
- This Wilderness is located in King County and lies 1,727 miles [2,779.3 km]<2> to the northwest of the Wilderness that is located in Oregon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Wilderness.
- Florida
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wilderness ...
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.
- Barren ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east) - Calm
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calm
- Calm is located in Oregon County
- Chicopee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicopee
- Chicopee is located in Carter County
- Couch
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Couch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couch
- Couch is located in Oregon County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Couch <4>
- Handy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - House Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for House Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for House Creek
- House Creek is located in Carter County
- Low Wassie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Low Wassie have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Wassie
- Low Wassie is located in Shannon County
- Lulu
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Ponder
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast) - Royal Oak
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west) - Woodside
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
- Woodside is located in Oregon County
How Far From Wilderness 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 Wilderness to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wilderness and extending to:
- Alton, which is the Seat of Oregon County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Wilderness to Alton, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 784 miles [1,261.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,566 miles [10,567 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,298 miles [11,745 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,176 miles [8,330 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wilderness. 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 Wilderness 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 '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- Wilderness) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wilderness. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7889, Longitude: -91.1921 In this case, the coordinates for Wilderness 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 Wilderness 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 316.63 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.149 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.505 degrees. |