|
Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Hybrid, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hybrid 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 Hybrid:
- 39.922247, -92.973534
- 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 Hybrid
- 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 Linn County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Linn County
- Since Hybrid is near Macon County and also Sullivan 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 Sullivan 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 Hybrid
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hybrid ...
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.
- Enterprise
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Enterprise is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Ethel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Grantsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Grantsville is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantsville
- Hart
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hart is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
- Johnstown
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Johnstown is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Lingo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lingo is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lingo
- Paw Paw
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Paw Paw is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paw Paw
- Walnut
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Walnut is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
How Far From Hybrid 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 Hybrid 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<2> community of Hybrid once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Hybrid and extending to:
- Linneus, which is the Seat of Linn County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hybrid to Linneus, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 102 miles [164.2 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 three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 852 miles [1,371.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,472 miles [10,415.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,216 miles [11,613 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,105 miles [8,215.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Hybrid, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Hybrid) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Hybrid 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 Hybrid. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9222, Longitude: -92.9735 In this case, the coordinates for Hybrid have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.979 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.124 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.70 degrees. |
|
|