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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 Ethel, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ethel 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 Ethel:
- 39.894725, -92.738977
- 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 Ethel
- 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 Macon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Macon County
- Since Ethel is near Linn County and also Adair County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Linn County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Adair 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 Ethel
Communities Also Named Ethel ...
We found twenty communities that are also named Ethel.
Within Missouri, the name Ethel is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of twenty communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these twenty communities, nineteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Pike County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Ethel [Pike County].
- Arkansas
- Arkansas County
- This Ethel is located in Arkansas County and lies 396 miles [637.3 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Ethel that is located in Macon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas County community of Ethel.
- Florida
- Lake County
- This Ethel is located in Lake County and lies 998 miles [1,606.1 km]<2> to the southeast of the Ethel that is located in Macon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Ethel.
- Georgia
- Emanuel County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Ethel [Emanuel County].
- Hall County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Hall County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of Ethel.
- Indiana
- Orange County
- This Ethel is located in Orange County and lies 348 miles [560.1 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Ethel that is located in Macon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Ethel.
- Kansas
- Coffey County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Coffey County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coffey County community of Ethel.
- Kentucky
- Clay County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Ethel [Clay County].
- Louisiana
- East Feliciana Parish
- This Ethel is located in East Feliciana Parish and lies 635 miles [1,021.9 km]<2> to the south of the Ethel that is located in Macon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Feliciana Parish community of Ethel.
- Michigan
- Alger County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Ethel [Alger County].
- Mississippi
- Attala County
- This Ethel is located in Attala County and lies 501 miles [806.3 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Ethel that is located in Macon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Attala County community of Ethel.
- Ohio
- Monroe County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Ethel [Monroe County].
- Oklahoma
- Pushmataha County
- This Ethel is located in Pushmataha County and lies 420 miles [675.9 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Ethel that is located in Macon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pushmataha County community of Ethel.
- Ontario
- This Ethel lies 650 miles [1,046.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Ethel that is located in Macon County.
- Tennessee
- Roane County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Ethel [Roane County].
- Texas
- Grayson County
- This Ethel is located in Grayson County and lies 493 miles [793.4 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Ethel that is located in Macon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grayson County community of Ethel.
- Virginia
- Richmond County
- This Ethel is located in Richmond County and lies 865 miles [1,392.1 km]<2> to the east of the Ethel that is located in Macon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of Ethel.
- Washington
- Benton County
- This Ethel is located in Benton County and lies 1,419 miles [2,283.7 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Ethel that is located in Macon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Ethel.
- Lewis County
- This Ethel is located in Lewis County and lies 1,567 miles [2,521.8 km] to the west northwest of the Ethel that is located in Macon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Ethel.
- West Virginia
- Logan County
- This Ethel is located in Logan County and lies 598 miles [962.4 km]<2> to the east of the Ethel that is located in Macon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Ethel.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ethel ...
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.
- Cash
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cash is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
- Cottage
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cottage is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage
- Elmer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hart
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lingo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mercyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mercyville is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercyville
- Plainview
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Plainview is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Walnut
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Walnut is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
How Far From Ethel 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 town such as Ethel to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ethel and extending to:
- Macon, which is the Seat of Macon County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Ethel to Macon, with an average speed<4> 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 95 miles [152.9 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 839 miles [1,350.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 48 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,466 miles [10,406 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,209 miles [11,601.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,097 miles [8,202.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Ethel could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Ethel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Ethel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Ethel 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 Ethel. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8947, Longitude: -92.7390 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.819 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.936 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.591 degrees. |
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