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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 Quote, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Quote 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 Quote:
- 39.539184, -93.683268
- 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 Quote
- 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 Carroll County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
- Since Quote is near Caldwell County and also Ray County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caldwell County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ray 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 Quote
Curious and Interesting Names Near Quote ...
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.
- Black Oak
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Black Oak is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Blue Mound
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Mound is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mound
- Dawn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Fisher ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fisher is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
- Judd
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Judd is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judd
- Plymouth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Plymouth is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Regal
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Regal is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regal
- Roads
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Roads is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roads
How Far From Quote 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 Quote to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Quote and extending to:
- Carrollton, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Quote to Carrollton, with an average speed<3> 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 104 miles [167.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 890 miles [1,432.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,517 miles [10,488.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,262 miles [11,687.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,150 miles [8,288.1 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 '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- Quote) 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 Quote 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 Quote. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5392, Longitude: -93.6833 In this case, the coordinates for Quote have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.444 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.61 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.132 degrees. |
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