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 Chapel:
40.540579, -92.729640
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.
We found eleven communities that share the name Chapel.
There is one other community in Missouri which is also named Chapel.
Beyond Missouri, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Located In Missouri ...
Howell County
This Chapel is located in Howell County and lies 255 miles [410.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Chapel that is located in Putnam County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howell County community of Chapel.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Kentucky
Garrard County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Chapel [Garrard County].
Maryland
Talbot County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Chapel [Talbot County].
Massachusetts
Norfolk County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Chapel [Norfolk County].
Michigan
Kent County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Chapel [Kent County].
Mississippi
Oktibbeha County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Chapel [Oktibbeha County].
Ohio
Ashtabula County
This Chapel is located in Ashtabula County and lies 625 miles [1,005.8 km]<1> to the east of the Chapel that is located in Putnam County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashtabula County community of Chapel.
Pennsylvania
Berks County
This Chapel is located in Berks County and lies 901 miles [1,450 km]<1> to the east of the Chapel that is located in Putnam County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berks County community of Chapel.
Utah
Davis County
This Chapel is located in Davis County and lies 1,000 miles [1,609.3 km]<1> to the west of the Chapel that is located in Putnam County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Chapel.
Virginia
Giles County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Chapel [Giles County].
West Virginia
Braxton County
This Chapel is located in Braxton County and lies 645 miles [1,038 km]<1> to the east of the Chapel that is located in Putnam County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Braxton County community of Chapel.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chapel ...
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.
Coal City (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coal City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Julesburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
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 Chapel to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Chapel and extending to:
Unionville, which is the Seat of Putnam County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Chapel to Unionville, with an average speed<5> 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.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 840 miles [1,351.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 48 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,432 miles [10,351.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,177 miles [11,550.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,067 miles [8,154.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Chapel) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Chapel. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5406, Longitude: -92.7296 In this case, the coordinates for Chapel have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Chapel 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.
<3>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 Chapel to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.838 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.044 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.444 degrees.