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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 Ryors, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ryors 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 Ryors:
- 38.482544, -91.698224
- 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 Ryors
- 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 Osage County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Osage County
- Since Ryors is near Gasconade County and also Maries County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gasconade County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Maries 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 Ryors
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ryors ...
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.
- Brown Shanty
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Brown Shanty is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Shanty
- Cave Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cave Hill is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Hill
- Crook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crook is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crook
- Freedom
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Freedom is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Hope
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hope is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Judge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Judge is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judge
- Lake Ford ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Ford is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ford
- Mint Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mint Hill is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mint Hill
- Valentine Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Valentine Ford is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentine Ford
How Far From Ryors 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 Ryors to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Ryors and extending to:
- Linn, which is the Seat of Osage County, lies just to the West.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Ryors to Jefferson City, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 789 miles [1,269.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,500 miles [10,460.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,237 miles [11,646.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,119 miles [8,238.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ryors) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Ryors 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 Ryors. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4825, Longitude: -91.6982 In this case, the coordinates for Ryors have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.056 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.868 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.39 degrees. |
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