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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 Peaksville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Peaksville 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 Peaksville:
- 40.507065, -91.697029
- 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 Peaksville
- 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 Peaksville is near Lee County and also Van Buren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Van Buren 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 Peaksville
Communities Also Named Peaksville ...
We found one communities that are also named Peaksville.
Within Missouri, the name Peaksville is unique.
Beyond Missouri, there is another community also named Peaksville in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Virginia
- Bedford County
- This Peaksville is located in Bedford County and lies 685 miles [1,102.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Peaksville that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bedford County community of Peaksville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Peaksville ...
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.
- Argyle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bonaparte
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Bricker
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bricker is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bricker
- Eldorado ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Eldorado is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Franklin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Palestine ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Palestine is located in Van Buren County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Plymouth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Plymouth is located in Van Buren County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Sugar Creek ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Creek is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek
- Summitville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Summitville is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summitville
- Union
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Union is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
How Far From Peaksville 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 Peaksville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Peaksville and extending to:
- Kahoka, which is the Seat of Clark County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 135 miles [217.3 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Peaksville to Jefferson City, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 785 miles [1,263.3 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,397 miles [10,295 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,140 miles [11,490.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,027 miles [8,090.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Peaksville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Peaksville 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 Peaksville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5071, Longitude: -91.6970 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.137 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.233 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.937 degrees. |
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