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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 Egypt Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Egypt Mills 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 Egypt Mills:
- 37.405050, -89.463704
- 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 Egypt Mills
- 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 Cape Girardeau County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cape Girardeau County
- Since Egypt Mills is near Union County and also Alexander County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Alexander 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 Egypt Mills
Communities Also Named Egypt Mills ...
We found one communities that are also named Egypt Mills.
Within Missouri, the name Egypt Mills is unique.
Beyond Missouri, there is another community also named Egypt Mills in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Pennsylvania
- Pike County
- This Egypt Mills is located in Pike County and lies 815 miles [1,311.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Egypt Mills that is located in Cape Girardeau County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Egypt Mills.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Egypt Mills ...
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.
- Dutch Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Dutch Mills is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Mills
- Fruitland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fruitland is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- Gale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Gale is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gale
- Grays Point ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Grays Point is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Point
- Lovejoy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lovejoy is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovejoy
- Moccasin Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Moccasin Springs is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moccasin Springs
- Oriole
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oriole is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oriole
- Pocahontas
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pottsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pottsville is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsville
- Union Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Union Point is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Point
- Valley Mission
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Valley Mission is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Mission
- Wolf Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
How Far From Egypt Mills 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 Egypt Mills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Egypt Mills and extending to:
- Jackson, which is the Seat of Cape Girardeau County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Egypt Mills to Jackson, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 168 miles [270.4 km] to the west northwest (WNW). 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 682 miles [1,097.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,469 miles [10,410.8 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 5,076 miles [8,169 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Egypt Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Egypt Mills 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 Egypt Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4051, Longitude: -89.4637 In this case, the coordinates for Egypt Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.544 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.978 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.587 degrees. |
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