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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 Loch Lloyd, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Loch Lloyd 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 Loch Lloyd:
- 38.831058, -94.597737
- 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 Loch Lloyd
- 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 Loch Lloyd is near Johnson County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Johnson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Loch Lloyd
Curious and Interesting Names Near Loch Lloyd ...
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.
- Bonita
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bonita is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita
- Grandview
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Indian Village is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Longview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Longview is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
- Martin City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Martin City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin City
- Morse
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Morse is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse
- Morse has also been known as:
- Morris
- Old Peculiar
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Old Peculiar is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Peculiar
- Overland Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Peculiar
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Prairie Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Red Bridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Red Bridge is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bridge
- Stanley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Union Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Union Point is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Point
- Waldo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Waldo is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
How Far From Loch Lloyd to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a village such as Loch Lloyd to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Loch Lloyd and extending to:
- Harrisonville, which is the Seat of Cass County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Loch Lloyd to Harrisonville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 131 miles [210.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 942 miles [1,516 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 6,586 miles [10,599.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,331 miles [11,798.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,219 miles [8,399.2 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 '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- Loch Lloyd) 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 Loch Lloyd 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 Loch Lloyd. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8311, Longitude: -94.5977 In this case, the coordinates for Loch Lloyd have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.027 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.192 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.721 degrees. |
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