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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 Mundy Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mundy Landing 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 Mundy Landing:
- 39.551713, -91.160974
- 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 Mundy Landing
- 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 Pike County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pike County
- Since Mundy Landing is near Pike County and also Ralls County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pike County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ralls 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 Mundy Landing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mundy Landing ...
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.
- Atlas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Atlas is located in Pike County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
- Barry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hope
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hope is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Hull
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Kinderhook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Monkey Run
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Monkey Run is located in Ralls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monkey Run
- Pike
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pike is located in Pike County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike
- Prankford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Prankford is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prankford
- Reading
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Reading is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- Rockport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Salt River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Salt River is located in Ralls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt River
How Far From Mundy Landing 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 Mundy Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mundy Landing and extending to:
- Bowling Green, which is the Seat of Pike County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Mundy Landing to Bowling Green, with an average speed<3> 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 86 miles [138.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 756 miles [1,216.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,426 miles [10,341.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,166 miles [11,532.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,049 miles [8,125.6 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 from Point A (ie- Mundy Landing) 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 Mundy Landing 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 Mundy Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5517, Longitude: -91.1610 In this case, the coordinates for Mundy Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.745 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.653 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.896 degrees. |
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