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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 Mirabile, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mirabile 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 Mirabile:
- 39.616117, -94.141887
- 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 Mirabile
- 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 Caldwell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caldwell County
- Since Mirabile is near Clinton County and also Ray County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clinton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ray 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 Mirabile
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mirabile ...
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.
- Bonanza ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bonanza is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
- Converse
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Converse is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Cowgill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cowgill is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowgill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Easterville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Easterville is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easterville
- Keystone ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Keystone is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Kidder
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Plainview
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Plainview is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Polo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Prairie Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Prairie Ridge is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Ridge
- Sandals
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sandals is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandals
- Shoal
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Shoal is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal
How Far From Mirabile 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 Mirabile to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mirabile and extending to:
- Kingston, which is the Seat of Caldwell County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 127 miles [204.4 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Mirabile to Jefferson City, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three 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 914 miles [1,470.9 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,529 miles [10,507.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,275 miles [11,708 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,165 miles [8,312.3 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mirabile) 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 Mirabile 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 Mirabile. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6161, Longitude: -94.1419 In this case, the coordinates for Mirabile have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.761 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.986 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.343 degrees. |
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