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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 Madelaine, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Madelaine 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 Madelaine:
- 40.118895, -93.911059
- 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 Madelaine
- 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 Daviess County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Daviess County
- Since Madelaine is near Harrison County and also Grundy County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harrison County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grundy 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 Madelaine
Curious and Interesting Names Near Madelaine ...
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.
- Bethany
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Blake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Blake is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake
- Bolton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bolton is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
- Civil Bend
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Civil Bend is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Civil Bend
- Cypress
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cypress is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress
- Edinburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Edinburg is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Melbourne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Melbourne is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbourne
- Pleasant Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Wildwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wildwood is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
How Far From Madelaine 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 Madelaine to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Madelaine once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Madelaine and extending to:
- Gallatin, which is the Seat of Daviess County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Madelaine to Gallatin, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 141 miles [226.9 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 901 miles [1,450 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 52 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,495 miles [10,452.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,241 miles [11,653.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,132 miles [8,259.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Madelaine, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Madelaine) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Madelaine 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 Madelaine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1189, Longitude: -93.9111 In this case, the coordinates for Madelaine have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.628 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.898 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.125 degrees. |
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