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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 El Dara, we use the following websites to find information relevant to El Dara 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 El Dara:
- 39.622687, -90.991215
- 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 El Dara
- 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 Pike County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pike County
- Since El Dara is near Pike County and also Adams County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pike County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Adams 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 El Dara
Curious and Interesting Names Near El Dara ...
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.
- Atlas
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Atlas is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
- Barry
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Beverly
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Beverly is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
- Hope
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hope is located in Pike County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Hull
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Independence
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Independence is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Kinderhook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Martinsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Martinsburg is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsburg
- Maysville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Maysville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- New Philadelphia
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- New Philadelphia is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Philadelphia
- Pike
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Pike is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike
- Reading
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Reading is located in Pike County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- Rockport
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Summer Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Summer Hill is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Sunny Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sunny Hill is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Hill
How Far From El Dara 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 village such as El Dara to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in El Dara and extending to:
- Pittsfield, which is the Seat of Pike County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from El Dara to Pittsfield, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 71 miles [114.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 746 miles [1,200.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,416 miles [10,325.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,156 miles [11,516.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,039 miles [8,109.5 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- El Dara) 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 El Dara 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 El Dara. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6227, Longitude: -90.9912 In this case, the coordinates for El Dara have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.634 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.535 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.797 degrees. |
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