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 North Salem:
40.031412, -92.988536
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 North Salem
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 Linn County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found seven communities that are also named North Salem.
Within Missouri, the name North Salem is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Indiana
Hendricks County
This North Salem is located in Hendricks County and lies 335 miles [539.1 km]<1> to the east of the North Salem that is located in Linn County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hendricks County community of North Salem.
Massachusetts
Essex County
This North Salem is located in Essex County and lies 1,155 miles [1,858.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the North Salem that is located in Linn County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Essex County community of North Salem.
New Hampshire
Rockingham County
This North Salem is located in Rockingham County and lies 1,140 miles [1,834.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the North Salem that is located in Linn County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of North Salem.
New York
Westchester County
This North Salem is located in Westchester County and lies 1,018 miles [1,638.3 km]<1> to the east of the North Salem that is located in Linn County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westchester County community of North Salem.
Nova Scotia
This North Salem lies 1,532 miles [2,465.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the North Salem that is located in Linn County.
Ohio
Guernsey County
This North Salem is located in Guernsey County and lies 604 miles [972 km]<1> to the east of the North Salem that is located in Linn County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guernsey County community of North Salem.
Texas
Leon County
This North Salem is located in Leon County and lies 626 miles [1,007.4 km]<1> to the south southwest of the North Salem that is located in Linn County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Leon County community of North Salem.
Curious and Interesting Names Near North Salem ...
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 that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as North Salem to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in North Salem and extending to:
Linneus, which is the Seat of Linn County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from North Salem to Linneus, with an average speed<2> 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 109 miles [175.4 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 852 miles [1,371.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,467 miles [10,407.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,212 miles [11,606.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,100 miles [8,207.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- North Salem) 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 North Salem 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 North Salem. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0314, Longitude: -92.9885 In this case, the coordinates for North Salem have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.994 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.156 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.684 degrees.