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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 Chraneville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chraneville 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 Chraneville:
- 39.522526, -92.928805
- 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 Chraneville
- 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 Chariton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chariton County
- Since Chraneville is near Randolph County and also Linn County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Randolph County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Linn 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 Chraneville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chraneville ...
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.
- Echo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Echo is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Grand Port
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Grand Port is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Port
- Grand River City ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grand River City is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand River City
- Indian Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Indian Grove is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Grove
- Mike
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mike is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mike
- Missouri Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Missouri Village is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missouri Village
- Newcomer ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Newcomer is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcomer
- Oil City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Oil City is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Prairie Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Prairie Hill is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Hill
- Salisbury
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Chraneville 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 Chraneville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Chraneville once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Chraneville and extending to:
- Keytesville, which is the Seat of Chariton County, lies just to the South.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 76 miles [122.3 km]<3> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Chraneville to Jefferson City, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 850 miles [1,367.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,491 miles [10,446.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,234 miles [11,642 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,121 miles [8,241.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Chraneville, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Chraneville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Chraneville 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 Chraneville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5225, Longitude: -92.9288 In this case, the coordinates for Chraneville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.931 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.016 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.764 degrees. |
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