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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 Neeper, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Neeper 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 Neeper:
- 40.333861, -91.788778
- 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 Neeper
- 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 Clark County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clark County
- Since Neeper is near Lewis County and also Knox County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Knox 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 Neeper
Curious and Interesting Names Near Neeper ...
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.
- Benjamin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Benjamin is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benjamin
- Colony
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Deer Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Deer Ridge is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Ridge
- Eldorado ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Eldorado is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Forest Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gregory Landing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Gregory Landing is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory Landing
- Laura
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Laura is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laura
- Peaksville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sugar Creek ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Sugar Creek is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek
- Union
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Union is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
How Far From Neeper 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 Neeper to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Neeper and extending to:
- Kahoka, which is the Seat of Clark County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 123 miles [197.9 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Neeper to Jefferson City, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 790 miles [1,271.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,409 miles [10,314.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,152 miles [11,510 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,039 miles [8,109.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Neeper) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Neeper 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 Neeper. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3339, Longitude: -91.7888 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.193 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.275 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.023 degrees. |
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