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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 Streepy, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Streepy 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 Streepy:
- 40.696125, -92.916034
- 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 Streepy
- 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 Appanoose County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Appanoose County
- Since Streepy is near Putnam County and also Wayne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Putnam County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne 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 Streepy
Curious and Interesting Names Near Streepy ...
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.
- Brazil
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Brazil is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazil
- Centerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Diamond
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Diamond is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Jerome
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jerome is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Martinstown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Martinstown is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinstown
- Mystic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mystic is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Sunshine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sunshine is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Thirty
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Thirty is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thirty
How Far From Streepy to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Streepy to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Streepy and extending to:
- Centerville, which is the Seat of Appanoose County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 72 miles [115.9 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Streepy to Des Moines, with an average speed<3>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 4 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 850 miles [1,367.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,431 miles [10,349.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,176 miles [11,548.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,067 miles [8,154.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Streepy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Streepy 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 Streepy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6961, Longitude: -92.9160 In this case, the coordinates for Streepy have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.971 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.218 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.502 degrees. |
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