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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 Culiver, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Culiver 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 Culiver:
- 39.169207, -91.566549
- 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 Culiver
- 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 Audrain County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Audrain County
- Since Culiver is near Montgomery County and also Pike County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pike 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 Culiver
Curious and Interesting Names Near Culiver ...
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.
- Bachelor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bachelor is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachelor
- Curryville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Curryville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curryville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Danville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Farmer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Farmer is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer
- Gamma
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gamma is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamma
- Gazette
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Gazette is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gazette
- Martinsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mexico
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- New Harmony
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- New Harmony is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harmony
- Rush Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rush Hill is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Shamrock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Shamrock is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
- Stillhouse Ford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Stillhouse Ford is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillhouse Ford
How Far From Culiver to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Culiver to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Culiver and extending to:
- Mexico, which is the Seat of Audrain County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Culiver to Mexico, with an average speed<3> 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 five to six hours.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 52 miles [83.7 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 778 miles [1,252.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,460 miles [10,396.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,199 miles [11,585.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,083 miles [8,180.3 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Culiver) 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 Culiver 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 Culiver. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1692, Longitude: -91.5665 In this case, the coordinates for Culiver have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.00 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.895 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.178 degrees. |
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