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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 Condray, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Condray 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 Condray:
- 37.766710, -91.554872
- 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 Condray
- 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 Dent County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dent County
- Since Condray is near Phelps County and also Crawford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Phelps County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crawford 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 Condray
Curious and Interesting Names Near Condray ...
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.
- Austria ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Austria is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austria
- Cook Station
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cook Station is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Station
- De Camp ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- De Camp is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Camp
- Dean Ford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dean Ford is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean Ford
- Deep Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Deep Ford is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Ford
- Dent Ford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dent Ford is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dent Ford
- Lake Spring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lake Spring is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Spring
- Short Bend
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Short Bend is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Bend
- Smoky Hollow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Smoky Hollow is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoky Hollow
How Far From Condray 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 Condray to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Condray and extending to:
- Salem, which is the Seat of Dent County, lies just to the South.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 65 miles [104.6 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Condray to Jefferson City, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 789 miles [1,269.8 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 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,531 miles [10,510.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,266 miles [11,693.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,146 miles [8,281.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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- Condray) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Condray 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 Condray. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7667, Longitude: -91.5549 In this case, the coordinates for Condray have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.924 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.62 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.473 degrees. |
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