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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 Taneyville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Taneyville 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 Taneyville:
- 36.737981, -93.035245
- 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 Taneyville
- 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 Taney County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Taney County
- Since Taneyville is near Christian County and also Douglas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Christian County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas 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 Taneyville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Taneyville ...
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.
- Dickens
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Dickens is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickens
- Edgewater Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Edgewater Beach is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Beach
- Kissee Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Long Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Long Beach is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Beach
- Mildred
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mildred is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mildred
- Pine Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Ridge is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Powersite
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Powersite is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powersite
- Rockaway Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Swan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Swan is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan
- Walnut Shade
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Walnut Shade is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Shade
How Far From Taneyville 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 village such as Taneyville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Taneyville and extending to:
- Forsyth, which is the Seat of Taney County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 135 miles [217.3 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Taneyville to Jefferson City, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 884 miles [1,422.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). 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 6,638 miles [10,682.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,374 miles [11,867.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,254 miles [8,455.5 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' (or 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- Taneyville) 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 Taneyville 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 Taneyville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7380, Longitude: -93.0352 In this case, the coordinates for Taneyville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.836 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.539 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.363 degrees. |
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