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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 Windy Curve, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Windy Curve 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 Windy Curve:
- 37.486156, -92.128494
- 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 Windy Curve
- 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 Texas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Texas County
- Since Windy Curve is near Wright County and also Laclede County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wright County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Laclede 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 Windy Curve
Curious and Interesting Names Near Windy Curve ...
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.
- Evening Shade
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Evening Shade is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evening Shade
- Ladd
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ladd is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladd
- Mitchells Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mitchells Corner is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchells Corner
- Old Success
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Old Success is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Success
- Plato
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Raftville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Raftville is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raftville
- Slabtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Slabtown is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
- Success
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Windy Curve 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 Windy Curve to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Windy Curve and extending to:
- Houston, which is the Seat of Texas County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Windy Curve to Houston, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 75 miles [120.7 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 823 miles [1,324.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 47 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,566 miles [10,567 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,302 miles [11,751.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,183 miles [8,341.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Windy Curve) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Windy Curve 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 Windy Curve. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4862, Longitude: -92.1285 In this case, the coordinates for Windy Curve have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.286 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.001 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.798 degrees. |
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