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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 Kagel, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kagel 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 Kagel:
- 37.205885, -89.633424
- 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 Kagel
- 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 Scott County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Scott County
- Since Kagel is near Cape Girardeau County and also Alexander County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cape Girardeau County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Alexander 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 Kagel
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kagel ...
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.
- Cedar Cliffs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Cliffs is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Cliffs
- Cliff ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cliff is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff
- Commerce
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Delta
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Delta is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 421 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delta <1>
- Dutchtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dutchtown is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
- Estimated population in 2018: 94 people
- Gale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Gale is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gale
- Gordonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Grays Point ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Grays Point is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Point
- Hickory Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hickory Ridge is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
- Hilltop
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hilltop is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Poor Farm ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Poor Farm is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poor Farm
- Rockview
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Rockview is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockview
How Far From Kagel 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 Kagel to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Kagel and extending to:
- Benton, which is the Seat of Scott County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 167 miles [268.8 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Kagel to Jefferson City, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 694 miles [1,116.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,486 miles [10,438.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,215 miles [11,611.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,092 miles [8,194.8 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Kagel) 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 Kagel 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 Kagel. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2059, Longitude: -89.6334 In this case, the coordinates for Kagel have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.644 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.066 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.708 degrees. |
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