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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 Kampsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kampsville 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 Kampsville:
- 39.299163, -90.610791
- 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 Kampsville
- 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 Calhoun County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calhoun County
- Since Kampsville is near Greene County and also Pike County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pike 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 Kampsville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kampsville ...
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.
- Bee Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Clark
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clark is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Grand Pass
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Grand Pass is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Pass
- Haypress
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Haypress is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haypress
- Hillview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hurricane ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hurricane is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
- King
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- King is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Michael
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Old Pearl
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Old Pearl is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Pearl
- Pearl
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Star City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Star City is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star City
- Woody
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
How Far From Kampsville to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a village such as Kampsville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Kampsville and extending to:
- Hardin, which is the Seat of Calhoun County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Kampsville to Hardin, 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 60 miles [96.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 727 miles [1,170 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,419 miles [10,330.4 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 5,038 miles [8,107.9 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kampsville) 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 Kampsville 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 Kampsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2992, Longitude: -90.6108 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.37 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.188 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.689 degrees. |
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