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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 La Cygne, we use the following websites to find information relevant to La Cygne 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 La Cygne:
- 38.346822, -94.759774
- 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 La Cygne
- 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 Linn County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Linn County
- Since La Cygne is near Miami County and also Bates County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Miami County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bates 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 La Cygne
Curious and Interesting Names Near La Cygne ...
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.
- Amsterdam
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Beagle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beagle is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beagle
- Block
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Block is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Block
- Henson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Henson is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henson
- Jingo
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jingo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jingo
- Lacyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Lacyville is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacyville
- Mound City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Mulberry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Mulberry is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- Trading Post
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Trading Post is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trading Post
- Virginia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Virginia is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia
How Far From La Cygne 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 city such as La Cygne to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in La Cygne and extending to:
- Mound City, which is the Seat of Linn County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from La Cygne to Mound City, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 69 miles [111 km] to the northwest (NW). 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 three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 955 miles [1,536.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,617 miles [10,649 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,361 miles [11,846.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,249 miles [8,447.4 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' (or 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- La Cygne) 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 La Cygne 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 La Cygne. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3468, Longitude: -94.7598 In this case, the coordinates for La Cygne have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.106 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.221 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.891 degrees. |
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