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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 Wilsons Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wilsons Creek 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 Wilsons Creek:
- 37.097552, -93.404080
- 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 Wilsons Creek
- 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 Greene County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
- Since Wilsons Creek 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 Wilsons Creek
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wilsons Creek ...
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.
- Cassidy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cassidy is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassidy
- Clever
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Griffin ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Griffin is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Jamesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jamesville is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamesville
- Kissick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Kissick is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kissick
- Possum Trot
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Possum Trot is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Trot
- Republic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Riverpark
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Riverpark is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverpark
- School
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- School is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for School
- Union City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Union City is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
How Far From Wilsons Creek 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 Wilsons Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Wilsons Creek and extending to:
- Springfield, which is the Seat of Greene County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Wilsons Creek to Springfield, 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 122 miles [196.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 898 miles [1,445.2 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 6,633 miles [10,674.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,371 miles [11,862.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,253 miles [8,453.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wilsons Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Wilsons Creek 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 Wilsons Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0976, Longitude: -93.4041 In this case, the coordinates for Wilsons Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.107 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.90 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.47 degrees. |
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