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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 Sinkin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sinkin 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 Sinkin:
- 37.409490, -91.406250
- 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 Sinkin
- 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 Shannon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shannon County
- Since Sinkin is near Dent County and also Reynolds County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dent County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Reynolds 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 Sinkin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sinkin ...
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.
- Bunker
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bunker Camp ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bunker Camp is located in Reynolds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Camp
- Cedargrove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cedargrove is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedargrove
- Falk Mill ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Falk Mill is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falk Mill
- Fawn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fawn is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawn
- Halcyon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Halcyon is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halcyon
- Ink
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Ink is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ink
- Rat
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Rat is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rat
- Round Spring
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Round Spring is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Spring
- Timber
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Timber is located in Shannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber
- Turtle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Turtle is located in Dent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle
How Far From Sinkin 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 Sinkin 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 Sinkin once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Sinkin and extending to:
- Eminence, which is the Seat of Shannon County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Sinkin to Eminence, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 90 miles [144.8 km] to the north northwest (NNW). 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 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 786 miles [1,264.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,543 miles [10,529.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,277 miles [11,711.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,157 miles [8,299.4 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 Sinkin, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sinkin) 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 Sinkin 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 Sinkin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4095, Longitude: -91.4062 In this case, the coordinates for Sinkin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.806 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.436 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.477 degrees. |
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