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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 Rippee, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rippee 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 Rippee:
- 36.870057, -92.465720
- 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 Rippee
- 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 Douglas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas County
- Since Rippee is near Ozark County and also Wright County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ozark County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wright 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 Rippee
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rippee ...
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.
- Blanche
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Blanche is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanche
- Brushyknob
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Brushyknob is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushyknob
- Champion
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Champion is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion
- Coldspring
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Coldspring is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldspring
- Evans
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Evans is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
- Noble
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Noble is located in Ozark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble
- Rockbridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Romance
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Romance is located in Ozark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romance
- Squires
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Squires is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squires
- Sweden
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sweden is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweden
How Far From Rippee 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 Rippee 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 Rippee once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Rippee and extending to:
- Ava, which is the Seat of Douglas County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Rippee to Ava, 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 118 miles [189.9 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 851 miles [1,369.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full 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 6,610 miles [10,637.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,345 miles [11,820.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,225 miles [8,408.8 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 Rippee, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Rippee) 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 Rippee 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 Rippee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8701, Longitude: -92.4657 In this case, the coordinates for Rippee have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.469 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.131 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.074 degrees. |
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