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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 Jake Prairie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jake Prairie 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 Jake Prairie:
- 38.163429, -91.511794
- 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 Jake Prairie
- 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 Crawford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crawford County
- Since Jake Prairie is near Gasconade County and also Phelps County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gasconade County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Phelps 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 Jake Prairie
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jake Prairie ...
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.
- Amanda
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Amanda is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amanda
- Cuba
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fanning
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fanning is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanning
- Flag Spring
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Flag Spring is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flag Spring
- High Gate
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- High Gate is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Gate
- Iron Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Iron Center is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Center
- Redbird
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Royal
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Royal is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Safe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Safe is located in Maries County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Safe
How Far From Jake Prairie 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 Jake Prairie to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Jake Prairie and extending to:
- Steelville, which is the Seat of Crawford County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Jake Prairie to Steelville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 45 miles [72.4 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 782 miles [1,258.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,509 miles [10,475.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,245 miles [11,659.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,126 miles [8,249.5 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Jake Prairie) 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 Jake Prairie 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 Jake Prairie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1634, Longitude: -91.5118 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.916 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.664 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.369 degrees. |
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