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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 Sacville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sacville 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 Sacville:
- 37.393933, -93.429084
- 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 Sacville
- 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 Greene County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
- Since Sacville is near Polk County and also Dallas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dallas 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 Sacville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sacville ...
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.
- Cave Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cave Spring is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Spring
- Ebenezer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ebenezer is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
- Eudora
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Eudora is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eudora
- Fruitland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Fruitland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- Harold
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Harold is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harold
- Heady
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Heady is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heady
- Orleans ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Orleans is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
- Pearl
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pearl is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Pleasant Hope
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
How Far From Sacville 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 Sacville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sacville and extending to:
- Springfield, which is the Seat of Greene County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sacville to Springfield, 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 106 miles [170.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 894 miles [1,438.8 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 6,619 miles [10,652.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,357 miles [11,839.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,240 miles [8,433 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Sacville) 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 Sacville 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 Sacville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3939, Longitude: -93.4291 In this case, the coordinates for Sacville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.144 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.982 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.427 degrees. |
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