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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 Wingate, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wingate 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 Wingate:
- 38.731122, -94.204667
- 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 Wingate
- 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 Cass County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cass County
- Since Wingate is near Johnson County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Johnson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Wingate
Communities Also Named Wingate ...
We found eleven communities that are also named Wingate.
Within Missouri, the name Wingate is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Montgomery County
- This Wingate is located in Montgomery County and lies 392 miles [630.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Wingate that is located in Cass County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Wingate.
- Kansas
- Butler County
- This Wingate is located in Butler County and lies 160 miles [257.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Wingate that is located in Cass County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Wingate.
- Maryland
- Dorchester County
- This Wingate is located in Dorchester County and lies 978 miles [1,573.9 km]<1> to the east of the Wingate that is located in Cass County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dorchester County community of Wingate.
- Frederick County
- This Wingate is located in Frederick County and lies 899 miles [1,446.8 km] to the east of the Wingate that is located in Cass County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Wingate.
- Mississippi
- Perry County
- This Wingate is located in Perry County and lies 597 miles [960.8 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Wingate that is located in Cass County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Wingate.
- New Mexico
- Bernalillo County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Wingate [Bernalillo County].
- McKinley County
- This Wingate is located in McKinley County and lies 819 miles [1,318.1 km]<1> to the west of the Wingate that is located in Cass County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McKinley County community of Wingate.
- North Carolina
- Union County
- This Wingate is located in Union County and lies 801 miles [1,289.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Wingate that is located in Cass County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Wingate.
- Pennsylvania
- Centre County
- This Wingate is located in Centre County and lies 880 miles [1,416.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Wingate that is located in Cass County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Centre County community of Wingate.
- Tennessee
- Montgomery County
- This Wingate is located in Montgomery County and lies 406 miles [653.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Wingate that is located in Cass County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Wingate.
- Texas
- Runnels County
- This Wingate is located in Runnels County and lies 568 miles [914.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Wingate that is located in Cass County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Runnels County community of Wingate.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wingate ...
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.
- Cause Prairie ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cause Prairie is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cause Prairie
- Crossroads School
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Crossroads School is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads School
- Gunn City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gunn City is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunn City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Kingsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lone Jack
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Ore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ore is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore
- Pleasant Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rose Hill is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Wyoming ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wyoming is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
How Far From Wingate 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 Wingate to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wingate and extending to:
- Harrisonville, which is the Seat of Cass County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Wingate to Harrisonville, with an average speed<4> 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 109 miles [175.4 km] to the east (E). 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 922 miles [1,483.8 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,578 miles [10,586.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,321 miles [11,782 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,209 miles [8,383.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wingate) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Wingate 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Wingate 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 Wingate. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7311, Longitude: -94.2047 In this case, the coordinates for Wingate have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.753 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.862 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.548 degrees. |
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