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 Sunnyvale:
37.050895, -94.495224
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 Sunnyvale
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 Newton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found four communities that are also named Sunnyvale.
Within Missouri, the name Sunnyvale is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
California
Santa Clara County
This Sunnyvale is located in Santa Clara County and lies 1,509 miles [2,428.5 km]<1> to the west of the Sunnyvale that is located in Newton County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Santa Clara County community of Sunnyvale.
Colorado
Arapahoe County
This Sunnyvale is located in Arapahoe County and lies 590 miles [949.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Sunnyvale that is located in Newton County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Arapahoe County community of Sunnyvale.
North Carolina
McDowell County
This Sunnyvale is located in McDowell County and lies 692 miles [1,113.7 km]<1> to the east of the Sunnyvale that is located in Newton County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the McDowell County community of Sunnyvale.
Texas
Dallas County
This Sunnyvale is located in Dallas County and lies 316 miles [508.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Sunnyvale that is located in Newton County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Sunnyvale.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sunnyvale ...
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.
Blendville ‑ Historic (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
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 Sunnyvale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sunnyvale and extending to:
Neosho, which is the Seat of Newton County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sunnyvale to Neosho, with an average speed<2> 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 164 miles [263.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 957 miles [1,540.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,675 miles [10,742.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,415 miles [11,933.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,299 miles [8,527.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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- Sunnyvale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 Sunnyvale 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 Sunnyvale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0509, Longitude: -94.4952 In this case, the coordinates for Sunnyvale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.834 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.738 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.993 degrees.