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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 Guam, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Guam 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 Guam:
- 36.902116, -89.823870
- 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 Guam
- 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 Stoddard County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stoddard County
- Since Guam is near Scott County and also New Madrid County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Scott County
- Open the eBird sighting report for New Madrid 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 Guam
Curious and Interesting Names Near Guam ...
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.
- Bell City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Circle City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Circle City is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circle City
- Grayridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Grayridge is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayridge
- Himmel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Himmel is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Himmel
- Hunterville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hunterville is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunterville
- Little River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Little River is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River
- Shady Dell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Shady Dell is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Dell
- Tanner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Tanner is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanner
- Toppertown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Toppertown is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toppertown
How Far From Guam 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 Guam to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<1> community of Guam once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Guam and extending to:
- Bloomfield, which is the Seat of Stoddard County, lies just to the West.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 172 miles [276.8 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Guam 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 709 miles [1,141 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 6,508 miles [10,473.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,237 miles [11,646.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,114 miles [8,230.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Guam, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Guam) 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 Guam 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 Guam. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9021, Longitude: -89.8239 In this case, the coordinates for Guam have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.751 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.148 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.86 degrees. |
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