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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 Ellenorah, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ellenorah 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 Ellenorah:
- 40.338606, -94.331901
- 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 Ellenorah
- 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 Gentry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gentry County
- Since Ellenorah is near Worth County and also Harrison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Worth County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harrison 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 Ellenorah
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ellenorah ...
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.
- Bethany
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Ford City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ford City is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford City
- Lone Star
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lone Star is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Martinsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Martinsville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Mount Pleasant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Pinhook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pinhook is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
- Prohibition City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Prohibition City is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prohibition City
- Ravenwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Ravenwood is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 394 people
- Voyage ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Voyage is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voyage
- Wildwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wildwood is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Worth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Worth is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
How Far From Ellenorah 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 Ellenorah to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Ellenorah and extending to:
- Albany, which is the Seat of Gentry County, lies just to the South.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 167 miles [268.8 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Ellenorah to Jefferson City, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 923 miles [1,485.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 53 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,499 miles [10,459.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,246 miles [11,661.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,139 miles [8,270.4 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ellenorah) 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 Ellenorah 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 Ellenorah. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3386, Longitude: -94.3319 In this case, the coordinates for Ellenorah have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.927 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.272 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.291 degrees. |
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