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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 Beemont, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Beemont 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 Beemont:
- 38.480663, -91.358901
- 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 Beemont
- 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 Franklin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- Since Beemont is near Gasconade County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gasconade County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren 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 Beemont
Curious and Interesting Names Near Beemont ...
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.
- Cave Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cave Hill is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Hill
- Gerald
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Greenstreet
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Leslie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Little Berger
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lyon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lyon is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyon
- Noser Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Noser Mill is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noser Mill
- Peters Ford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Peters Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Ford
- Rosebud
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Senate Grove ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Senate Grove is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senate Grove
- Stony Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Stony Hill is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Hill
- Swiss
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Swiss is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swiss
How Far From Beemont 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 Beemont to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Beemont and extending to:
- Union, which is the Seat of Franklin County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Beemont to Union, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 44 miles [70.8 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 771 miles [1,240.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 44 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,487 miles [10,439.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,224 miles [11,625.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,106 miles [8,217.3 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 '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- Beemont) 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 Beemont 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 Beemont. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4807, Longitude: -91.3589 In this case, the coordinates for Beemont have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.831 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.608 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.229 degrees. |
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