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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 Redford:
37.320048, -90.898456
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.
We found three communities that share the name Redford.
Within Missouri, the name Redford is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Michigan
Wayne County
This Redford is located in Wayne County and lies 533 miles [857.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Redford that is located in Reynolds County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Redford.
New York
Clinton County
This Redford is located in Clinton County and lies 1,020 miles [1,641.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Redford that is located in Reynolds County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Redford.
Texas
Presidio County
This Redford is located in Presidio County and lies 937 miles [1,508 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Redford that is located in Reynolds County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Presidio County community of Redford.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Redford ...
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.
Alamode ‑ Historic (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alamode have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Redford to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Redford and extending to:
The White House (Washington, DC) is 760 miles [1,223.1 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Redford to White House, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 44 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 30 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,528 miles [10,505.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,261 miles [11,685.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,140 miles [8,272 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- Redford) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Redford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3200, Longitude: -90.8985 In this case, the coordinates for Redford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
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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 Redford to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.469 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.034 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.261 degrees.