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website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
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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 New Hampton:
40.264302, -94.194213
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.
We found five communities that share the name New Hampton.
Within Missouri, the name New Hampton is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Iowa
Chickasaw County
This New Hampton is located in Chickasaw County and lies 215 miles [346 km]<1> to the north northeast of the New Hampton that is located in Harrison County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chickasaw County community of New Hampton.
New Hampshire
Belknap County
This New Hampton is located in Belknap County and lies 1,176 miles [1,892.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the New Hampton that is located in Harrison County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Belknap County community of New Hampton.
New Jersey
Hunterdon County
This New Hampton is located in Hunterdon County and lies 1,008 miles [1,622.2 km]<1> to the east of the New Hampton that is located in Harrison County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hunterdon County community of New Hampton.
New York
Orange County
This New Hampton is located in Orange County and lies 1,034 miles [1,664.1 km]<1> to the east of the New Hampton that is located in Harrison County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of New Hampton.
Ohio
Madison County
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of New Hampton [Madison County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near New Hampton ...
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.
Berlin (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berlin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lone Star. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as New Hampton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in New Hampton and extending to:
The White House (Washington, DC) is 916 miles [1,474.2 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from New Hampton to White House, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 52 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 36 days.
The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,498 miles [10,457.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,245 miles [11,659.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,137 miles [8,267.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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- New Hampton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in New Hampton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2643, Longitude: -94.1942
<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 New Hampton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>
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.
<7>
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 New Hampton to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.829 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.149 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.237 degrees.