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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 Glen Town, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Glen Town 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 Glen Town:
- 37.512265, -93.806878
- 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 Glen Town
- 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 Dade County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dade County
- Since Glen Town is near Cedar County and also Polk County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cedar County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Polk 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 Glen Town
Curious and Interesting Names Near Glen Town ...
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.
- Cedarville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cedarville is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Crisp
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Crisp is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisp
- Fiddlers Ford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fiddlers Ford is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiddlers Ford
- Grays Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Grays Valley is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Valley
- Greenfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Masters
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Masters is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masters
- Needmore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Needmore is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Pilgrim
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pilgrim is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim
How Far From Glen Town 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 Glen Town to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Glen Town and extending to:
- Greenfield, which is the Seat of Dade County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 115 miles [185.1 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Glen Town to Jefferson City, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 913 miles [1,469.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 52 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,626 miles [10,663.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,366 miles [11,854.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,250 miles [8,449.1 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 from Point A (ie- Glen Town) 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 Glen Town 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 Glen Town. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5123, Longitude: -93.8069 In this case, the coordinates for Glen Town have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.405 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.301 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.584 degrees. |
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