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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 Carl Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Carl Junction 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 Carl Junction:
- 37.176738, -94.563630
- 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 Carl Junction
- 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 Jasper County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jasper County
- Since Carl Junction is near Cherokee County and also Newton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Newton 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 Carl Junction
Curious and Interesting Names Near Carl Junction ...
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.
- Airport Drive
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Airport Drive is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Drive
- Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
- Badger
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Blendville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Blendville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blendville
- Carterville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Chitwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Chitwood is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chitwood
- Crestline
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Empire City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Empire City is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire City
- Galesburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Galesburg is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galesburg
- Iron Gates
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Iron Gates is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Gates
- Lone Elm
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stringtown
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Stringtown is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Waco
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Waco is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
How Far From Carl Junction 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 city such as Carl Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Carl Junction and extending to:
- Carthage, which is the Seat of Jasper County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Carl Junction to Carthage, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 162 miles [260.7 km] to the northeast (NE). 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 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 959 miles [1,543.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,671 miles [10,735.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,412 miles [11,928.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,296 miles [8,523.1 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Carl Junction) 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 Carl Junction 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 Carl Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1767, Longitude: -94.5636 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.89 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.819 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.004 degrees. |
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