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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 Sampsel, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sampsel 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 Sampsel:
- 39.813902, -93.708549
- 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 Sampsel
- 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 Livingston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Livingston County
- Since Sampsel is near Daviess County and also Caldwell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Daviess County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caldwell 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 Sampsel
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sampsel ...
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.
- Blake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Blake is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake
- Blue Mound
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Mound is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mound
- Corner Campbell School
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cream Ridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cream Ridge is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cream Ridge
- Dawn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Farmersville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Farmersville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersville
- Hickory Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hickory Creek is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Creek
- Lock Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lock Springs is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Plymouth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Plymouth is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Silverleaf
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Silverleaf is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverleaf
How Far From Sampsel 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 Sampsel to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sampsel and extending to:
- Chillicothe, which is the Seat of Livingston County, lies just to the East.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 118 miles [189.9 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Sampsel to Jefferson City, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 891 miles [1,433.9 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 6,504 miles [10,467.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,249 miles [11,666.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,139 miles [8,270.4 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sampsel) 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 Sampsel 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 Sampsel. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8139, Longitude: -93.7085 In this case, the coordinates for Sampsel have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.475 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.681 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.088 degrees. |
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