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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 Wylie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wylie 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 Wylie:
- 36.659926, -94.333131
- 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 Wylie
- 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 McDonald County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McDonald County
- Since Wylie is near Newton County and also Benton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Newton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Benton 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 Wylie
Communities Also Named Wylie ...
We found six communities that are also named Wylie.
Within Missouri, the name Wylie is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Minnesota
- Polk 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 Minnesota community of Wylie [Polk County].
- Red Lake County
- This Wylie is located in Red Lake County and lies 787 miles [1,266.6 km]<2> to the north of the Wylie that is located in McDonald County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Red Lake County community of Wylie.
- Ontario
- This Wylie lies 1,082 miles [1,741.3 km]<2> to the northeast of the Wylie that is located in McDonald County.
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County
- This Wylie is located in Allegheny County and lies 819 miles [1,318.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Wylie that is located in McDonald County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Wylie.
- Texas
- Collin County
- This Wylie is located in Collin County and lies 279 miles [449 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Wylie that is located in McDonald County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Collin County community of Wylie.
- Taylor County
- This Wylie is located in Taylor County and lies 428 miles [688.8 km] to the southwest of the Wylie that is located in McDonald County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Taylor County community of Wylie.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wylie ...
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.
- Cyclone
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cyclone is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cyclone
- Deep Ford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Deep Ford is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Ford
- Elk Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Elk Springs is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Springs
- Erie
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ginger Blue
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ginger Blue is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginger Blue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Goodman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Griffin Ford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Griffin Ford is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin Ford
- Jane
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Longview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Longview is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
- Plainview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Plainview is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Splitlog
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Splitlog is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Splitlog
- Sugar Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Beach is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Beach
How Far From Wylie to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Wylie to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wylie and extending to:
- Pineville, which is the Seat of McDonald County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 177 miles [284.9 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Wylie to Jefferson City, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 955 miles [1,536.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,690 miles [10,766.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,428 miles [11,954.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,311 miles [8,547.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 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 Wylie 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wylie) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Wylie 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 Wylie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6599, Longitude: -94.3331 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.695 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.526 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.983 degrees. |
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