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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 Friedheim, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Friedheim 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 Friedheim:
- 37.570053, -89.820103
- 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 Friedheim
- 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 Friedheim is near Perry County and also Bollinger County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Perry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bollinger 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 Friedheim
Communities Also Named Friedheim ...
We found one communities that are also named Friedheim.
Within Missouri, the name Friedheim is unique.
Beyond Missouri, there is another community also named Friedheim in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Adams 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 Indiana community of Friedheim [Adams County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Friedheim ...
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.
- Alliance
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Alliance is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance
- Apple Creek ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Apple Creek is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Creek
- Daisy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Daisy is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Eureka
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Eureka is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Friendly Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Friendly Valley is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendly Valley
- Highland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Highland is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Lixville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lixville is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lixville
- Longtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Longtown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Pocahontas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Uniontown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Uniontown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
How Far From Friedheim 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 Friedheim to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Friedheim and extending to:
- Jackson, which is the Seat of Cape Girardeau County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Friedheim to Jackson, 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 145 miles [233.4 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 698 miles [1,123.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,475 miles [10,420.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,206 miles [11,596.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,084 miles [8,181.9 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 Friedheim 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Friedheim) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Friedheim 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 Friedheim. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5701, Longitude: -89.8201 In this case, the coordinates for Friedheim have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.781 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.274 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.712 degrees. |
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