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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 Opolis, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Opolis 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 Opolis:
- 37.343543, -94.616110
- 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 Opolis
- 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 Jasper County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jasper County
- Since Opolis is near Crawford County and also Barton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crawford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Barton 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 Opolis
Communities Also Named Opolis ...
We found one communities that are also named Opolis.
Within Missouri, the name Opolis is unique.
Beyond Missouri, there is another community also named Opolis in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Crawford County
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Opolis.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Opolis ...
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
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Atlas is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
- Chicopee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Chicopee is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicopee
- Coal Valley ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Coal Valley is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Valley
- Daisy Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Daisy Hill is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy Hill
- Dutch Hollow ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Dutch Hollow is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Hollow
- Galesburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Galesburg is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galesburg
- Kramer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Kramer is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kramer
- Lone Oak
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tuckers Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Tuckers Corner is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckers Corner
- Waco
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Waco is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
How Far From Opolis 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 Opolis to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Opolis and extending to:
- Carthage, which is the Seat of Jasper County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Opolis to Carthage, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 157 miles [252.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 959 miles [1,543.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,665 miles [10,726.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,406 miles [11,918.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,290 miles [8,513.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Opolis) 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 Opolis 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 Opolis. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3435, Longitude: -94.6161 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.938 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.896 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.00 degrees. |
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