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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 Aikinsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Aikinsville 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 Aikinsville:
- 38.558079, -92.836306
- 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 Aikinsville
- 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 Morgan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
- Since Aikinsville is near Moniteau County and also Cooper County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Moniteau County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cooper 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 Aikinsville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Aikinsville ...
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.
- California
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Crest
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Crest is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crest
- Florence
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Florence is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- High Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- High Point is located in Moniteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
- Lake Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lake Creek is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Creek
- Lone Elm
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Lone Elm is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Elm
- Marvin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Marvin is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin
- Otterville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Green
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Green is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Green
- Rocky Mount
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Mount is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
How Far From Aikinsville 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 community such as Aikinsville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Aikinsville and extending to:
- Versailles, which is the Seat of Morgan County, lies just to the South.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 35 miles [56.3 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Aikinsville to Jefferson City, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 850 miles [1,367.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,537 miles [10,520.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,278 miles [11,712.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,162 miles [8,307.4 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Aikinsville) 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 Aikinsville 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 Aikinsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5581, Longitude: -92.8363 In this case, the coordinates for Aikinsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.819 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.759 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.918 degrees. |
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