Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Wishart, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wishart and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Wishart
- 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 Wishart:
- 37.508930, -93.459643
- 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 Wishart
- 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 Polk County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Polk County
- Since Wishart is near Dallas County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Dallas County
- eBird sighting report for Greene 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 Wishart ...
We found three communities that share the name Wishart.
Within Missouri, the name Wishart is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Saskatchewan
- This Wishart lies 1,096 miles [1,763.8 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Wishart that is located in Polk County.
- Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wishart ...
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.
- Burns
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - Cave Spring
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cave Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Spring
- Cave Spring is located in Greene County
- Eudora
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Fair Play
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fair Play have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Play
- Fair Play is located in Polk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 488 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fair Play <4>
- Harold
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - Heady
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Orleans ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Pearl
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Pleasant Hope
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hope have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hope
- Pleasant Hope is located in Polk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 610 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pleasant Hope <4>
- Sacville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Sunset
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Walnut Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Walnut Grove is located in Greene County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walnut Grove <4>
How Far From Wishart 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 Wishart to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wishart and extending to:
- Bolivar, which is the Seat of Polk County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 895 miles [1,440.4 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Wishart to White House, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 51 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,614 miles [10,644.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,353 miles [11,833.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,236 miles [8,426.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wishart. 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Wishart 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' (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- Wishart) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wishart. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5089, Longitude: -93.4596 In this case, the coordinates for Wishart 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 Wishart 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 318.172 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.03 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.42 degrees. |