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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 Kewanee, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kewanee 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 Kewanee:
- 36.669913, -89.572830
- 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 Kewanee
- 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 New Madrid County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for New Madrid County
- Since Kewanee is near Stoddard County and also Mississippi County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stoddard County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mississippi 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 Kewanee
Communities Also Named Kewanee ...
We found six communities that are also named Kewanee.
Within Missouri, the name Kewanee is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Laurens County
- This Kewanee is located in Laurens County and lies 467 miles [751.6 km]<1> to the southeast of the Kewanee that is located in New Madrid County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Laurens County community of Kewanee.
- Illinois
- Henry County
- This Kewanee is located in Henry County and lies 316 miles [508.6 km]<1> to the north of the Kewanee that is located in New Madrid County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Kewanee.
- Kansas
- Allen County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Kewanee [Allen County].
- Kentucky
- Pike County
- This Kewanee is located in Pike County and lies 392 miles [630.9 km]<1> to the east of the Kewanee that is located in New Madrid County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Kewanee.
- Mississippi
- Lauderdale County
- This Kewanee is located in Lauderdale County and lies 300 miles [482.8 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Kewanee that is located in New Madrid County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Kewanee.
- Nebraska
- Cherry County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Cherry County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherry County community of Kewanee.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kewanee ...
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.
- Champion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Champion is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion
- Charter Oak
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Charter Oak is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charter Oak
- Cody ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cody is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cody
- Hills Store
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hills Store is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Store
- Howardville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Howardville is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
- Hurricane Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hurricane Ridge is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane Ridge
- Little River
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Little River is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River
- Lone Star
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lone Star is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Marco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Marco is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marco
- Point Pleasant
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Sky
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sky is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sky
How Far From Kewanee 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 Kewanee to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Kewanee and extending to:
- New Madrid, which is the Seat of New Madrid County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 193 miles [310.6 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Kewanee to Jefferson City, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 700 miles [1,126.5 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,510 miles [10,476.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,237 miles [11,646.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,114 miles [8,230.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Kewanee) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Kewanee 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. |
| <3> | 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 Kewanee, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Kewanee 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 Kewanee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6699, Longitude: -89.5728 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.578 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.917 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.798 degrees. |
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