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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 Green Cox, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Green Cox 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 Green Cox:
- 37.140607, -89.838981
- 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 Green Cox
- 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 Green Cox is near Stoddard County and also Bollinger County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stoddard 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 Green Cox
Curious and Interesting Names Near Green Cox ...
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.
- Advance
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bell City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bell City is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
- Cliff ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cliff is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff
- Delta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Delta is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 421 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delta <1>
- Drum
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Drum is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drum
- Hickory Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Ridge is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
- Rum Branch ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rum Branch is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rum Branch
- Sank
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sank is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sank
- Toga
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Toga is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toga
How Far From Green Cox to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Green Cox to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Green Cox and extending to:
- Jackson, which is the Seat of Cape Girardeau County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Green Cox to Jackson, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 161 miles [259.1 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 706 miles [1,136.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,497 miles [10,455.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,227 miles [11,630.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,104 miles [8,214.1 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Green Cox) 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 Green Cox 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 Green Cox. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1406, Longitude: -89.8390 In this case, the coordinates for Green Cox have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.773 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.206 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.815 degrees. |
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