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website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
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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 Zenda:
37.017553, -92.693780
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.
We found five communities that are also named Zenda.
Within Missouri, the name Zenda is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Idaho
Bannock County
This Zenda is located in Bannock County and lies 1,090 miles [1,754.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Zenda that is located in Douglas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bannock County community of Zenda.
Kansas
Kingman County
This Zenda is located in Kingman County and lies 308 miles [495.7 km]<1> to the west of the Zenda that is located in Douglas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kingman County community of Zenda.
Ontario
This Zenda lies 753 miles [1,211.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Zenda that is located in Douglas County.
Virginia
Rockingham County
This Zenda is located in Rockingham County and lies 766 miles [1,232.8 km]<1> to the east of the Zenda that is located in Douglas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Zenda.
Wisconsin
Walworth County
This Zenda is located in Walworth County and lies 440 miles [708.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Zenda that is located in Douglas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walworth County community of Zenda.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Zenda ...
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.
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 Zenda to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Zenda and extending to:
Ava, which is the Seat of Douglas County, lies just to the South Southeast.
Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 111 miles [178.6 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Zenda to Jefferson City, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 861 miles [1,385.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,611 miles [10,639.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,347 miles [11,823.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,227 miles [8,412 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 from Point A (ie- Zenda) 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 Zenda 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 Zenda. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0176, Longitude: -92.6938 In this case, the coordinates for Zenda have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.63 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.337 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.152 degrees.