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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 Whitakerville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Whitakerville 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 Whitakerville:
- 38.213915, -93.371037
- 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 Whitakerville
- 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 Benton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Benton County
- Since Whitakerville is near Henry County and also Hickory County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Henry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hickory 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 Whitakerville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Whitakerville ...
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.
- Cold Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cold Springs is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
- Dell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dell is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell
- Dell Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dell Junction is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell Junction
- Macks Camp
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Macks Camp is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macks Camp
- Majorville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Majorville is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majorville
- Former name for Majorville:
- Hockman
- Opportunity Farms
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Opportunity Farms is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opportunity Farms
- Racket
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Racket is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racket
- Wisdom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wisdom is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisdom
How Far From Whitakerville 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 Whitakerville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Whitakerville and extending to:
- Warsaw, which is the Seat of Benton County, lies just to the North.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 69 miles [111 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Whitakerville to Jefferson City, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 882 miles [1,419.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,574 miles [10,579.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,315 miles [11,772.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,199 miles [8,367 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Whitakerville) 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 Whitakerville 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 Whitakerville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2139, Longitude: -93.3710 In this case, the coordinates for Whitakerville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.158 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.106 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.244 degrees. |
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