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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 Kendricktown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kendricktown 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 Kendricktown:
- 37.194780, -94.309945
- 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 Kendricktown
- 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 Jasper County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jasper County
- Since Kendricktown is near Newton County and also Barton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Newton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Barton 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 Kendricktown
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kendricktown ...
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.
- Atlas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Atlas is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
- Carterville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Carthage
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Fidelity
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Fidelity is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fidelity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Forest Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Forest Mills is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Mills
- Jasper
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Knights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Knights is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knights
- Maxville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Maxville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
- Neck City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Neck City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neck City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Prosperity
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Prosperity is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
- Reeds
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Reeds is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Scotland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Scotland is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
How Far From Kendricktown 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 Kendricktown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Kendricktown and extending to:
- Carthage, which is the Seat of Jasper County, lies just to the South.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 150 miles [241.4 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Kendricktown to Jefferson City, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 945 miles [1,520.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 54 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,661 miles [10,719.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,401 miles [11,910.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,285 miles [8,505.4 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kendricktown) 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 Kendricktown 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 Kendricktown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1948, Longitude: -94.3099 In this case, the coordinates for Kendricktown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.72 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.625 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.88 degrees. |
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