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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 Starland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Starland 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 Starland:
- 37.709218, -89.585377
- 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 Starland
- 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 Perry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Perry County
- Since Starland is near Jackson County and also Randolph County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Randolph 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 Starland
Curious and Interesting Names Near Starland ...
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.
- Crosstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Crosstown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosstown
- Dry Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Dry Hill is located in Jackson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Hill
- Eureka
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Eureka is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Glenn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Glenn is located in Jackson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn
- Grand Tower
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jacob
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jones Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jones Ridge is located in Jackson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Ridge
- Sand Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sand Ridge is located in Jackson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
- Seventysix
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Seventysix is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seventysix
- Uniontown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Uniontown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
How Far From Starland 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 Starland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Starland and extending to:
- Perryville, which is the Seat of Perry County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Starland to Perryville, 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 152 miles [244.6 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 684 miles [1,100.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,459 miles [10,394.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,190 miles [11,571.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,068 miles [8,156.2 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Starland) 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 Starland 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 Starland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7092, Longitude: -89.5854 In this case, the coordinates for Starland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.636 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.126 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.573 degrees. |
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