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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 Kritesville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kritesville 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 Kritesville:
- 39.099216, -90.664289
- 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 Kritesville
- 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 Kritesville is near Lincoln County and also Jersey County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jersey 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 Kritesville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kritesville ...
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.
- Apex
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Apex is located in Lincoln County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apex
- Birch Island
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Birch Island is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Island
- Democrat Spring
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Democrat Spring is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Democrat Spring
- King
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- King is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Kings Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kings Lake is located in Lincoln County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Lake
- Michael
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Nutwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Nutwood is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwood
- Oasis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Oasis is located in Lincoln County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oasis
- Rosedale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rosedale is located in Jersey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Star City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Star City is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star City
How Far From Kritesville 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 Kritesville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Kritesville and extending to:
- Hardin, which is the Seat of Calhoun County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 71 miles [114.3 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Kritesville to Springfield, 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 about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 730 miles [1,174.8 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 6,431 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 7,168 miles [11,535.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,050 miles [8,127.2 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- Kritesville) 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 Kritesville 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 Kritesville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0992, Longitude: -90.6643 In this case, the coordinates for Kritesville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.398 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.193 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.761 degrees. |
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