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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 Haydite, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Haydite 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 Haydite:
- 39.497497, -94.801906
- 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 Haydite
- 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 Platte County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Platte County
- Since Haydite is near Buchanan County and also Leavenworth County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Buchanan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Leavenworth 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 Haydite
Curious and Interesting Names Near Haydite ...
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.
- Beverly
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Beverly is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
- Dearborn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dye
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Dye is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dye
- Faucett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hoover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hoover is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Kickapoo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kickapoo is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kickapoo
- Lone Star
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lone Star is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Maxey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Maxey is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxey
- Mock Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mock Corner is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mock Corner
- Sugar Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sugar Lake is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Lake
- Trimble
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Willow Brook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Willow Brook is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Brook
How Far From Haydite 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 Haydite to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Haydite and extending to:
- Platte City, which is the Seat of Platte County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Haydite to Platte City, 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 154 miles [247.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 950 miles [1,528.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 54 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,559 miles [10,555.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,305 miles [11,756.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,196 miles [8,362.2 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- Haydite) 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 Haydite 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 Haydite. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4975, Longitude: -94.8019 In this case, the coordinates for Haydite have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.207 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.486 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.695 degrees. |
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