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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 Jeddo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jeddo 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 Jeddo:
    • 40.100323, -91.968775
    • 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 Jeddo
  • 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 Knox County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Knox County
    • Since Jeddo is near Lewis County and also Shelby County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby 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 Jeddo

Communities Also Named Jeddo ...

We found nine communities that are also named Jeddo.

Within Missouri, the name Jeddo is unique.

Beyond Missouri, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Franklin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Jeddo [Franklin County].
      • Monroe County
      • This Jeddo is located in Monroe County and lies 654 miles [1,052.5 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Jeddo that is located in Knox County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Jeddo.
    • Kansas
      • Allen County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Jeddo [Allen County].
    • Michigan
      • Saint Clair County
      • This Jeddo is located in Saint Clair County and lies 527 miles [848.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Jeddo that is located in Knox County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Jeddo.
    • New York
      • Orleans County
      • This Jeddo is located in Orleans County and lies 729 miles [1,173.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Jeddo that is located in Knox County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orleans County community of Jeddo.
    • Ohio
      • Jefferson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Jeddo [Jefferson County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Luzerne County
      • This Jeddo is located in Luzerne County and lies 844 miles [1,358.3 km]<2> to the east of the Jeddo that is located in Knox County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luzerne County community of Jeddo.
    • Texas
      • Bastrop County
      • This Jeddo is located in Bastrop County and lies 771 miles [1,240.8 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Jeddo that is located in Knox County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bastrop County community of Jeddo.
    • Wisconsin
      • Marquette County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Jeddo [Marquette County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Jeddo ...

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.

How Far From Jeddo to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Jeddo to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Jeddo and extending to:

  • Edina, which is the Seat of Knox County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Jeddo to Edina, 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 105 miles [169 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 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 798 miles [1,284.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 46 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,428 miles [10,344.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,170 miles [11,539 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,057 miles [8,138.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Jeddo could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Jeddo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Jeddo 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 Jeddo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1003, Longitude: -91.9688    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.306 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.373 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.165 degrees.