Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Voyage, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Voyage and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Voyage
- 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 Voyage:
- 40.278327, -94.445792
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Voyage
- 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 Gentry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Gentry County
- Since Voyage is near Worth County and also Nodaway County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Worth County
- eBird sighting report for Nodaway 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:
- Waymark.com
Curious and Interesting Names Near Voyage ...
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.
- Clyde
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west) - Conception
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conception
- Conception is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Conception <2>
- Conception Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Conception Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conception Junction
- Conception Junction is located in Nodaway County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
- Ford City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Island City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Island City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Island City is located in Gentry County
- Lone Star
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast) - Mount Pleasant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Pleasant have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Mount Pleasant is located in Gentry County
- Pinhook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Prohibition City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prohibition City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prohibition City
- Prohibition City is located in Worth County
- Ravenwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
- Ravenwood is located in Nodaway County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 394 people
- Worth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth
- Worth is located in Worth County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
How Far From Voyage to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Voyage to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Voyage once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Voyage and extending to:
- Albany, which is the Seat of Gentry County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 929 miles [1,495.1 km]<4> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Voyage to White House, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 53 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,506 miles [10,470.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,253 miles [11,672.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,146 miles [8,281.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Voyage, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Voyage) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Voyage. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2783, Longitude: -94.4458 In this case, the coordinates for Voyage have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Voyage to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.003 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.351 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.361 degrees. |