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website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
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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 Vanzant:
36.969777, -92.302939
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.
We found one communities that are also named Vanzant.
Within Missouri, the name Vanzant is unique.
Beyond Missouri, there is another community also named Vanzant in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Kentucky
Breckinridge County
This Vanzant is located in Breckinridge County and lies 315 miles [506.9 km]<1> to the east of the Vanzant that is located in Douglas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Breckinridge County community of Vanzant.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Vanzant ...
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.
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 Vanzant to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Vanzant and extending to:
Ava, which is the Seat of Douglas County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Vanzant to Ava, with an average speed<2> 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 6 hours.
Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 111 miles [178.6 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 840 miles [1,351.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 48 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,599 miles [10,620.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,334 miles [11,802.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,214 miles [8,391.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Vanzant) 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 Vanzant 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 Vanzant. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9698, Longitude: -92.3029 In this case, the coordinates for Vanzant have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.369 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.028 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.98 degrees.