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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 Hammack, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hammack 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 Hammack:
- 39.717252, -92.725469
- 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 Hammack
- 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 Macon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Macon County
- Since Hammack is near Chariton County and also Linn County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chariton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Linn 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 Hammack
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hammack ...
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.
- Cash
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cash is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
- Echo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Echo is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Ethel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hart
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hart is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
- Kellogg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Kellogg is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
- Lingo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lingo is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lingo
- Mike
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mike is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mike
- Narrows Creek ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Narrows Creek is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrows Creek
- Prairie Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Prairie Hill is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Hill
How Far From Hammack 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 Hammack to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hammack and extending to:
- Macon, which is the Seat of Macon County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Hammack to Macon, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 84 miles [135.2 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 839 miles [1,350.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 48 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,474 miles [10,418.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,217 miles [11,614.6 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hammack) 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 Hammack 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 Hammack. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7173, Longitude: -92.7255 In this case, the coordinates for Hammack have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.802 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.893 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.622 degrees. |
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