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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 Voyage, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Voyage 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 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.
- Open 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:
- Open the 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Worth County
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Voyage
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)
- Clyde is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Population from the 2020 Census: 78 people
- Conception
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Conception Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Conception Junction is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conception Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
- Ford City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Ford City is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford City
- Island City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Island City is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Lone Star
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Star is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Mount Pleasant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Pinhook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pinhook is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
- Prohibition City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Prohibition City is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prohibition City
- Ravenwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ravenwood is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 394 people
- Worth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Worth is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth
- 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<2> community of Voyage once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Voyage and extending to:
- Albany, which is the Seat of Gentry County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 168 miles [270.4 km]<3> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Voyage to Jefferson City, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 929 miles [1,495.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 53 days.
- The shortest distance<5> 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).<6>
- 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).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,146 miles [8,281.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Voyage) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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.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). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.003 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.351 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.361 degrees. |
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