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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 Crockerville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Crockerville 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 Crockerville:
- 38.442800, -93.104368
- 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 Crockerville
- 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 Benton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Benton County
- Since Crockerville is near Morgan County and also Pettis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pettis 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 Crockerville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Crockerville ...
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.
- Crest
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Crest is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crest
- Florence
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Florence is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Lake Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lake Creek is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Creek
- Lakeview Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lakeview Heights is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
- Lincoln
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Manila
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Manila is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila
- Riverview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Riverview is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Spring Fork
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Fork is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Fork
How Far From Crockerville to ...
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 Crockerville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Crockerville and extending to:
- Warsaw, which is the Seat of Benton County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Crockerville to Warsaw, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 50 miles [80.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 865 miles [1,392.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 50 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,553 miles [10,546 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,294 miles [11,738.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,178 miles [8,333.2 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Crockerville) 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 Crockerville 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 Crockerville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4428, Longitude: -93.1044 In this case, the coordinates for Crockerville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.993 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.945 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.071 degrees. |
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