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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 Trinnon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Trinnon 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 Trinnon:
- 36.382839, -90.149542
- 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 Trinnon
- 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 Clay County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
- Since Trinnon is near Dunklin County and also Butler County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dunklin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butler 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 Trinnon
Curious and Interesting Names Near Trinnon ...
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.
- Bell City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bell City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Carryville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Carryville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carryville
- Crockett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Crockett is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett
- Frisbee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Frisbee is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisbee
- Greenway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Greenway is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Holly Island
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Holly Island is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Island
- Mitchell
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchell is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Pine City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pine City is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
How Far From Trinnon 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 Trinnon to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Trinnon and extending to:
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 164 miles [263.9 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Trinnon to Little Rock, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about 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 736 miles [1,184.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,546 miles [10,534.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,274 miles [11,706.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,151 miles [8,289.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Trinnon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Trinnon 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 Trinnon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3828, Longitude: -90.1495 In this case, the coordinates for Trinnon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.931 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.286 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.117 degrees. |
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