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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 Wimmer, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wimmer 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 Wimmer:
- 37.530325, -94.479676
- 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 Wimmer
- 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 Barton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Barton County
- Since Wimmer is near Crawford County and also Vernon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crawford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Vernon 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 Wimmer
Communities Also Named Wimmer ...
We found one communities that are also named Wimmer.
Within Missouri, the name Wimmer is unique.
Beyond Missouri, there is another community also named Wimmer in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Saskatchewan
- This Wimmer lies 1,114 miles [1,792.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Wimmer that is located in Barton County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wimmer ...
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.
- Barber
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Barber is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber
- Breezy Hill ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Breezy Hill is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breezy Hill
- Coalvale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Coalvale is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalvale
- Fox Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fox Town is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Town
- Fuller
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fuller is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
- Gross
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gross is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gross
- Liberal
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Liberal is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Miller Brothers ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Miller Brothers is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Brothers
- Mulberry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Red Onion
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Red Onion is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Onion
How Far From Wimmer to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Wimmer to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wimmer and extending to:
- Lamar, which is the Seat of Barton County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Wimmer to Lamar, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 144 miles [231.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 949 miles [1,527.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 54 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,650 miles [10,702.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,391 miles [11,894.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,276 miles [8,490.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Wimmer) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Wimmer 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 Wimmer. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5303, Longitude: -94.4797 In this case, the coordinates for Wimmer have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.859 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.83 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.902 degrees. |
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