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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 Alley Spring, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Alley Spring 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 Alley Spring:
- 37.144216, -91.444026
- 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 Alley Spring
- 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 Shannon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shannon County
- Since Alley Spring is near Texas County and also Howell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Texas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Howell 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 Alley Spring
Curious and Interesting Names Near Alley Spring ...
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.
- Birch Tree
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Delaware
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Delaware is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- Eminence
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Flatwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Flatwood is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwood
- House Hollow ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- House Hollow is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for House Hollow
- Ink
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ink is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ink
- Junction Ferry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Junction Ferry is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction Ferry
- Round Spring
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Round Spring is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Spring
- Summersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
How Far From Alley Spring 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 Alley Spring to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Alley Spring and extending to:
- Eminence, which is the Seat of Shannon County, lies just to the East.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 106 miles [170.6 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Alley Spring to Jefferson City, 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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 792 miles [1,274.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,558 miles [10,554.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,291 miles [11,733.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,170 miles [8,320.3 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Alley Spring) 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 Alley Spring 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 Alley Spring. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1442, Longitude: -91.4440 In this case, the coordinates for Alley Spring have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.816 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.411 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.549 degrees. |
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