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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 Little Union, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Little Union 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 Little Union:
- 39.830877, -91.654326
- 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 Little Union
- 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 Marion County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
- Since Little Union 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 Little Union
Curious and Interesting Names Near Little Union ...
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.
- Cherry Dell ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Dell is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Dell
- Dodge City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Dodge City is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge City
- Heather
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Heather is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather
- Mark
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mark is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark
- Maywood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Maywood is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- Naomi
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Naomi is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naomi
- Slees Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Slees Mills is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slees Mills
- Smileyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Smileyville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smileyville
How Far From Little Union 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 Little Union to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Little Union and extending to:
- Palmyra, which is the Seat of Marion County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 90 miles [144.8 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Little Union to Jefferson City, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 782 miles [1,258.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,430 miles [10,348.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,171 miles [11,540.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,056 miles [8,136.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Little Union) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Little Union 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 Little Union. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8309, Longitude: -91.6543 In this case, the coordinates for Little Union have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.085 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.082 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.072 degrees. |
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