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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 Conception, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Conception 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 Conception:
- 40.244505, -94.685794
- 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 Conception
- 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 Nodaway County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nodaway County
- Since Conception is near Gentry County and also Andrew County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gentry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Andrew 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 Conception
Communities Also Named Conception ...
We found three communities that are also named Conception.
Within Missouri, the name Conception is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Minnesota
- Wabasha County
- This Conception is located in Wabasha County and lies 307 miles [494.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Conception that is located in Nodaway County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wabasha County community of Conception.
- Oklahoma
- Cleveland 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 Oklahoma community of Conception [Cleveland County].
- Texas
- Duval County
- This Conception is located in Duval County and lies 911 miles [1,466.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Conception that is located in Nodaway County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Duval County community of Conception.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Conception ...
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.
- Clyde
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Clyde is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Population from the 2020 Census: 78 people
- Conception Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Conception Junction is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conception Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
- Empire Prairie ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Empire Prairie is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire Prairie
- Island City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Island City is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Maryville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Monastery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Monastery is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monastery
- Mount Pleasant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Pumpkin Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pumpkin Center is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
- Ravenwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Voyage ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Voyage is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voyage
How Far From Conception 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 Conception to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Conception and extending to:
- Maryville, which is the Seat of Nodaway County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Conception to Maryville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 176 miles [283.2 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 942 miles [1,516 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 54 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,516 miles [10,486.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,264 miles [11,690.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,157 miles [8,299.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Conception) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Conception 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Conception 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 Conception. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2445, Longitude: -94.6858 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.167 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.536 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.489 degrees. |
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