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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 Shambaugh, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shambaugh 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 Shambaugh:
- 40.657772, -95.035123
- 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 Shambaugh
- 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 Page County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Page County
- Since Shambaugh is near Taylor County and also Nodaway County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Taylor County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nodaway 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 Shambaugh
Curious and Interesting Names Near Shambaugh ...
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.
- Coin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- College Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- College Springs is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Dawsonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Dawsonville is located in Nodaway County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawsonville
- Elmo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elmo is located in Nodaway County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Gravity
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hepburn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hepburn is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
- Page Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Page Center is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page Center
- Possum Walk
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Possum Walk is located in Nodaway County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Walk
- Roseberry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Roseberry is located in Nodaway County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseberry
How Far From Shambaugh 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 city such as Shambaugh to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Shambaugh and extending to:
- Clarinda, which is the Seat of Page County, lies just to the North.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 98 miles [157.7 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Shambaugh to Des Moines, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 961 miles [1,546.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,506 miles [10,470.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,255 miles [11,675.8 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Shambaugh) 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 Shambaugh 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 Shambaugh. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6578, Longitude: -95.0351 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.429 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.892 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.583 degrees. |
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