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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 Pipertown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pipertown 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 Pipertown:
- 38.960298, -93.129368
- 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 Pipertown
- 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 Pipertown is near Pettis County and also Cooper County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pettis County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cooper 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 Pipertown
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pipertown ...
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
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Lick is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Lick
- Hughesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hughesville is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
- Longwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Longwood is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
- Marshall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Marshall Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Marshall Junction is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Junction
- Nelson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Nelson is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
- Newland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Newland is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newland
- Postal
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Postal is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postal
- Ridge Prairie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ridge Prairie is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Prairie
How Far From Pipertown to ...
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 Pipertown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Pipertown once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Pipertown and extending to:
- Marshall, which is the Seat of Saline County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Pipertown to Marshall, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 57 miles [91.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 863 miles [1,388.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,527 miles [10,504.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,269 miles [11,698.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,155 miles [8,296.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Pipertown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Pipertown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Pipertown 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 Pipertown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9603, Longitude: -93.1294 In this case, the coordinates for Pipertown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.038 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.065 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.978 degrees. |
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