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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 Air Line Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Air Line Junction 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 Air Line Junction:
- 39.121949, -94.497731
- 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 Air Line Junction
- 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 Jackson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Since Air Line Junction is near Clay County and also Wyandotte County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wyandotte 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 Air Line Junction
Communities Also Named Air Line Junction ...
We found four communities that are also named Air Line Junction.
Within Missouri, the name Air Line Junction is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Michigan
- Cass County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Air Line Junction [Cass County].
- North Carolina
- Mecklenburg County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Air Line Junction [Mecklenburg County].
- Ohio
- Lucas County
- This Air Line Junction is located in Lucas County and lies 599 miles [964 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Air Line Junction that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lucas County community of Air Line Junction.
- Ontario
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Air Line Junction.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Air Line Junction ...
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.
- Cement City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cement City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cement City
- Greenwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Harlem
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Harlem is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- Independence
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kansas City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Garden
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Maple Garden is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Garden
- Maple Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Maple Park is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Park
- Maywood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Maywood is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- Moscow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Moscow is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Randolph
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Randolph is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Rock Creek Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Rock Creek Junction is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek Junction
- Sugar Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
How Far From Air Line Junction 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 community such as Air Line Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Air Line Junction and extending to:
- Independence, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 130 miles [209.2 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Air Line Junction to Jefferson City, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 935 miles [1,504.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 54 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,568 miles [10,570.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,313 miles [11,769.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,202 miles [8,371.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Air Line Junction could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <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- Air Line Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Air Line Junction 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 Air Line Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1219, Longitude: -94.4977 In this case, the coordinates for Air Line Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.976 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.171 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.617 degrees. |
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