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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 Sentinel, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sentinel 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 Sentinel:
- 37.793895, -93.295227
- 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 Sentinel
- 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 Polk County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
- Since Sentinel is near Hickory County and also Dallas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hickory 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 Sentinel
Communities Also Named Sentinel ...
We found six communities that are also named Sentinel.
Within Missouri, the name Sentinel is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Maricopa County
- This Sentinel is located in Maricopa County and lies 1,170 miles [1,882.9 km]<1> to the west of the Sentinel that is located in Polk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maricopa County community of Sentinel.
- California
- Fresno County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Sentinel [Fresno County].
- Kentucky
- Menifee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Sentinel [Menifee County].
- Ohio
- Ashtabula County
- This Sentinel is located in Ashtabula County and lies 717 miles [1,153.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Sentinel that is located in Polk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashtabula County community of Sentinel.
- Oklahoma
- Washita County
- This Sentinel is located in Washita County and lies 373 miles [600.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Sentinel that is located in Polk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washita County community of Sentinel.
- Virginia
- Warren County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Sentinel [Warren County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sentinel ...
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.
- Carsons Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Carsons Corner is located in Hickory County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsons Corner
- Dewey ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dewey is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewey
- Goodson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Louisburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mohawk Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mohawk Corner is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Corner
- Nemo
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Polk
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Polk is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Violet
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Violet is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet
How Far From Sentinel 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 Sentinel to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sentinel and extending to:
- Bolivar, which is the Seat of Polk County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sentinel to Bolivar, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 81 miles [130.4 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 most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 882 miles [1,419.4 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,593 miles [10,610.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,333 miles [11,801.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,216 miles [8,394.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Sentinel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Sentinel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Sentinel could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <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 Sentinel 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 Sentinel. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7939, Longitude: -93.2952 In this case, the coordinates for Sentinel have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.081 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.962 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.288 degrees. |
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