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 Blythedale:
40.475159, -93.928011
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 Blythedale
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 Harrison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found three communities that are also named Blythedale.
Within Missouri, the name Blythedale is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Maryland
Cecil County
This Blythedale is located in Cecil County and lies 944 miles [1,519.2 km]<1> to the east of the Blythedale that is located in Harrison County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cecil County community of Blythedale.
Pennsylvania
Allegheny County
This Blythedale is located in Allegheny County and lies 742 miles [1,194.1 km]<1> to the east of the Blythedale that is located in Harrison County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Blythedale.
Virginia
Stafford County
This Blythedale is located in Stafford County and lies 891 miles [1,433.9 km]<1> to the east of the Blythedale that is located in Harrison County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Blythedale.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Blythedale ...
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.
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 village such as Blythedale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Blythedale and extending to:
Bethany, which is the Seat of Harrison County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Blythedale to Bethany, 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 160 miles [257.5 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 902 miles [1,451.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 52 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,477 miles [10,423.7 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 5,117 miles [8,235 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Blythedale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
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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.
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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 Blythedale 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 Blythedale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4752, Longitude: -93.9280 In this case, the coordinates for Blythedale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.656 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.976 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.059 degrees.