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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 Orearville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Orearville 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 Orearville:
- 39.171691, -93.074364
- 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 Orearville
- 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 Saline County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saline County
- Since Orearville is near Howard County and also Chariton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Howard County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chariton 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 Orearville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Orearville ...
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.
- Blue Lick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Lick is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Lick
- Fairville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fairville is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
- Glasgow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Grand River City ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Grand River City is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand River City
- Lewis Mill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lewis Mill is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Mill
- Lisbon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lisbon is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Louisville ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Louisville is located in Chariton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisville
- Marshall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nelson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Nelson is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
- Pipertown ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Pipertown is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipertown
- Ridge Prairie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Ridge Prairie is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Prairie
- Saline City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Saline City is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline City
How Far From Orearville 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 Orearville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Orearville and extending to:
- Marshall, which is the Seat of Saline County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 63 miles [101.4 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Orearville to Jefferson City, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 859 miles [1,382.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,515 miles [10,484.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,257 miles [11,679 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,143 miles [8,276.9 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Orearville) 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 Orearville 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 Orearville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1717, Longitude: -93.0744 In this case, the coordinates for Orearville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.012 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.063 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.908 degrees. |
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