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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 Ashley Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ashley Creek 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 Ashley Creek:
- 37.403101, -91.688481
- 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 Ashley Creek
- 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 Texas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Texas County
- Since Ashley Creek is near Dent County and also Shannon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dent County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shannon 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 Ashley Creek
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ashley Creek ...
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.
- Cedargrove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cedargrove is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedargrove
- Hartshorn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hartshorn is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartshorn
- Jack
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Jack is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jack
- Joy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Joy is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
- Licking
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Maples
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Maples is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maples
- Oscar
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Oscar is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oscar
- Ranger
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Ranger is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranger
- Raymondville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Ashley Creek 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 Ashley Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Ashley Creek and extending to:
- Houston, which is the Seat of Texas County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Ashley Creek to Houston, 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.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 85 miles [136.8 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 801 miles [1,289.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 46 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,554 miles [10,547.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,289 miles [11,730.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,168 miles [8,317.1 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- Ashley Creek) 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 Ashley Creek 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 Ashley Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4031, Longitude: -91.6885 In this case, the coordinates for Ashley Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.991 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.649 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.61 degrees. |
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