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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 McKinley Heights:
38.610200, -90.217200
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Waymarking ...
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We found one communities that are also named McKinley Heights.
Within Missouri, the name McKinley Heights is unique.
Beyond Missouri, there is another community also named McKinley Heights in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Ohio
Trumbull County
This McKinley Heights is located in Trumbull County and lies 533 miles [857.8 km]<1> to the east northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trumbull County community of McKinley Heights.
Curious and Interesting Names Near McKinley Heights ...
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.
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 McKinley Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in McKinley Heights and extending to:
Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 105 miles [169 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from McKinley Heights to Jefferson City, with an average speed<3>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 5 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 709 miles [1,141 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,438 miles [10,361 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,173 miles [11,543.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,053 miles [8,132 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 from Point A (ie- McKinley Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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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.
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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 McKinley Heights 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 McKinley Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6102, Longitude: -90.2172 In this case, the coordinates for McKinley Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.084 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.766 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.662 degrees.