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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 Keteban Switch, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Keteban Switch 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 Keteban Switch:
- 40.646424, -91.699052
- 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 Keteban Switch
- 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 Lee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lee County
- Since Keteban Switch is near Van Buren County and also Clark County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Van Buren County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clark 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 Keteban Switch
Curious and Interesting Names Near Keteban Switch ...
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.
- Argyle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Big Mound
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Big Mound is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Mound
- Bonaparte
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Franklin is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
- Harrisburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Harrisburg is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Palestine ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Palestine is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Peaksville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Peaksville is located in Clark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaksville
- Pierceville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pierceville is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierceville
- Pilot Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pilot Grove is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Grove
- Plymouth
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Plymouth is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
How Far From Keteban Switch 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 Keteban Switch to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Keteban Switch once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Keteban Switch and extending to:
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 119 miles [191.5 km]<3> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Keteban Switch to Des Moines, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 786 miles [1,264.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,390 miles [10,283.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,134 miles [11,481.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,021 miles [8,080.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Keteban Switch, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Keteban Switch) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Keteban Switch 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 Keteban Switch. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6464, Longitude: -91.6991 In this case, the coordinates for Keteban Switch have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.143 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.258 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.906 degrees. |
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