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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 Reading, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Reading 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 Reading:
- 39.491435, -91.132362
- 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 Reading
- 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 Pike County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pike County
- Since Reading is near Pike County and also Ralls County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pike County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ralls 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 Reading
Communities Also Named Reading ...
We found ten communities that are also named Reading.
Within Missouri, the name Reading is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Livingston County
- This Reading is located in Livingston County and lies 161 miles [259.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Reading that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Reading.
- Kansas
- Lyon County
- This Reading is located in Lyon County and lies 267 miles [429.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Reading that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lyon County community of Reading.
- Massachusetts
- Middlesex County
- This Reading is located in Middlesex County and lies 1,062 miles [1,709.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Reading that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Reading.
- Michigan
- Hillsdale County
- This Reading is located in Hillsdale County and lies 371 miles [597.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Reading that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsdale County community of Reading.
- Minnesota
- Nobles County
- This Reading is located in Nobles County and lies 374 miles [601.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Reading that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nobles County community of Reading.
- Ohio
- Columbiana County
- This Reading is located in Columbiana County and lies 540 miles [869 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Reading that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbiana County community of Reading.
- Hamilton County
- This Reading is located in Hamilton County and lies 357 miles [574.5 km] to the east of the Reading that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Reading.
- Ontario
- This Reading lies 637 miles [1,025.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Reading that is located in Pike County.
- Pennsylvania
- Berks County
- This Reading is located in Berks County and lies 806 miles [1,297.1 km]<1> to the east of the Reading that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berks County community of Reading.
- Vermont
- Windsor County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Reading [Windsor County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Reading ...
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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Atlas is located in Pike County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
- Bowling Green
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hope is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Pike
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pike is located in Pike County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike
- Prankford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Prankford is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prankford
- Rockport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Salt River
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Salt River is located in Ralls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt River
- Stark
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stark is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
- Summer Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Summer Hill is located in Pike County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
How Far From Reading 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 Reading to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Reading and extending to:
- Bowling Green, which is the Seat of Pike County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Reading to Bowling Green, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 84 miles [135.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 754 miles [1,213.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,428 miles [10,344.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,167 miles [11,534.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,051 miles [8,128.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Reading) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Reading could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Reading 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 Reading. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4914, Longitude: -91.1324 In this case, the coordinates for Reading have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.723 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.62 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.896 degrees. |
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