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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 Bennett Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bennett Landing 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 Bennett Landing:
- 37.533938, -89.498430
- 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 Bennett Landing
- 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 Union County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
- Since Bennett Landing is near Cape Girardeau County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cape Girardeau County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Bennett Landing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bennett Landing ...
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.
- Egypt Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Egypt Mills is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt Mills
- Fruitland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fruitland is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- Grand Tower
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lovejoy
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lovejoy is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovejoy
- Moccasin Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Moccasin Springs is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moccasin Springs
- Oriole
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Oriole is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oriole
- Pocahontas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pottsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pottsville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsville
- Union Point
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Union Point is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Point
- Wolf Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Bennett Landing 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 Bennett Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Bennett Landing and extending to:
- Jonesboro, which is the Seat of Union County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Bennett Landing to Jonesboro, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 155 miles [249.4 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 682 miles [1,097.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,464 miles [10,402.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,194 miles [11,577.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,072 miles [8,162.6 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bennett Landing) 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 Bennett Landing 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 Bennett Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5339, Longitude: -89.4984 In this case, the coordinates for Bennett Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.572 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.028 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.573 degrees. |
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