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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 Valentine Ford, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Valentine Ford 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 Valentine Ford:
- 38.411434, -91.638221
- 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 Valentine Ford
- 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 Gasconade County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gasconade County
- Since Valentine Ford is near Osage County and also Maries County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Osage County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Maries 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 Valentine Ford
Curious and Interesting Names Near Valentine Ford ...
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.
- Bland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Brown Shanty
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Brown Shanty is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Shanty
- Cave Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cave Hill is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Hill
- Freedom
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Freedom is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Hope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hope is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Judge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Judge is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judge
- Lake Ford ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lake Ford is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ford
- Mint Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mint Hill is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mint Hill
- Old Bland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Old Bland is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Bland
How Far From Valentine Ford 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 Valentine Ford to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Valentine Ford and extending to:
- Hermann, which is the Seat of Gasconade County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Valentine Ford to Hermann, with an average speed<3> 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 most of a day.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 31 miles [49.9 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 787 miles [1,266.6 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,501 miles [10,462.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,238 miles [11,648.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,120 miles [8,239.8 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Valentine Ford) 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 Valentine Ford 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 Valentine Ford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4114, Longitude: -91.6382 In this case, the coordinates for Valentine Ford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.013 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.809 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.377 degrees. |
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