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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 Lake Annette, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lake Annette 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 Lake Annette:
- 38.654362, -94.508065
- 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 Lake Annette
- 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 Cass County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cass County
- Since Lake Annette is near Miami County and also Johnson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Miami County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Johnson 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 Lake Annette
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lake Annette ...
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.
- Everett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Everett is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
- Freeman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lone Tree
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lone Tree is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Tree
- Louisburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Louisburg is located in Miami County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,590 people
- Former name for Louisburg:
- New Saint Lewis
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Louisburg <1>
- Main City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Main City is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Main City
- Old Peculiar
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Old Peculiar is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Peculiar
- Ore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ore is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore
- Peculiar
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Prettyman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Prettyman is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prettyman
- Rural Home ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rural Home is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Home
How Far From Lake Annette 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 city such as Lake Annette to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lake Annette and extending to:
- Harrisonville, which is the Seat of Cass County, lies just to the East.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 125 miles [201.2 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Lake Annette to Jefferson City, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 939 miles [1,511.2 km] to the east (E). 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 6,592 miles [10,608.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,336 miles [11,806.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,224 miles [8,407.2 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lake Annette) 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 Lake Annette 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 Lake Annette. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6544, Longitude: -94.5081 In this case, the coordinates for Lake Annette have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.955 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.086 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.711 degrees. |
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