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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 Hagers Grove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hagers Grove 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 Hagers Grove:
- 39.831148, -92.223237
- 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 Hagers Grove
- 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 Shelby County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby County
- Since Hagers Grove is near Macon County and also Knox County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Macon County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Knox 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 Hagers Grove
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hagers Grove ...
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.
- Cherry Box
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cherry Box is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Box
- Clarence
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Economy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Economy is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Enterprise
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Enterprise is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Goodland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Goodland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodland
- Hebron
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hebron is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Kellogg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Kellogg is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
- Kirby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Kirby is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirby
- Leonard
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Longville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Longville is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longville
- Novelty
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Redman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Redman is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redman
- Sue City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sue City is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sue City
- Ten Mile
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ten Mile is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ten Mile
- Walkersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Walkersville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkersville
How Far From Hagers Grove 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 Hagers Grove to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hagers Grove and extending to:
- Shelbyville, which is the Seat of Shelby County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Hagers Grove to Shelbyville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 86 miles [138.4 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 812 miles [1,306.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 47 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,450 miles [10,380.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,193 miles [11,576 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,079 miles [8,173.9 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hagers Grove) 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 Hagers Grove 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 Hagers Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8311, Longitude: -92.2232 In this case, the coordinates for Hagers Grove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.468 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.523 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.351 degrees. |
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