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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 Benjamin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Benjamin 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 Benjamin:
- 40.161989, -91.634327
- 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 Benjamin
- 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 Lewis County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis County
- Since Benjamin is near Adams County and also Clark County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Adams County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clark 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 Benjamin
Communities Also Named Benjamin ...
We found seven communities that are also named Benjamin.
Within Missouri, the name Benjamin is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Vermillion 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 Indiana community of Benjamin [Vermillion County].
- North Carolina
- Stokes 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 Benjamin [Stokes County].
- Ohio
- Licking County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Licking County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Licking County community of Benjamin.
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County
- This Benjamin is located in Allegheny County and lies 620 miles [997.8 km]<3> to the east of the Benjamin that is located in Lewis County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Benjamin.
- Bucks 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 Pennsylvania community of Benjamin [Bucks County].
- Texas
- Knox County
- This Benjamin is located in Knox County and lies 639 miles [1,028.4 km]<3> to the southwest of the Benjamin that is located in Lewis County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Benjamin.
- Utah
- Utah County
- This Benjamin is located in Utah County and lies 1,058 miles [1,702.7 km]<3> to the west of the Benjamin that is located in Lewis County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Utah County community of Benjamin.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Benjamin ...
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.
- Deer Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Deer Ridge is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Ridge
- Dover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Dover is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Gregory Landing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gregory Landing is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory Landing
- Laura
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Laura is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laura
- Lewistown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Maywood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Maywood is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- Rock Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Creek is located in Adams County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Sellers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sellers is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sellers
- Ten Mile
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ten Mile is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ten Mile
- Union
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Union is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
How Far From Benjamin 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 Benjamin to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Benjamin and extending to:
- Monticello, which is the Seat of Lewis County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 113 miles [181.9 km]<3> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Benjamin to Jefferson City, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 781 miles [1,256.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,412 miles [10,319.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,154 miles [11,513.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,041 miles [8,112.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 Benjamin 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Benjamin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Benjamin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Benjamin 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 Benjamin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1620, Longitude: -91.6343 In this case, the coordinates for Benjamin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.083 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.125 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.986 degrees. |
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