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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 Zewapeta, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Zewapeta 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 Zewapeta:
- 37.169495, -89.459252
- 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 Zewapeta
- 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 Scott County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Scott County
- Since Zewapeta is near Alexander County and also Cape Girardeau County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Alexander County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cape Girardeau 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 Zewapeta
Curious and Interesting Names Near Zewapeta ...
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.
- Clank
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Clank is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clank
- Commerce
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Fayville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Fayville is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayville
- Gale
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Gale is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gale
- Grays Point ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Grays Point is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Point
- Hilltop
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hilltop is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Olive Branch
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Poor Farm ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Poor Farm is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poor Farm
- Tankville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Tankville is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tankville
How Far From Zewapeta 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 Zewapeta to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Zewapeta and extending to:
- Benton, which is the Seat of Scott County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 177 miles [284.9 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Zewapeta to Jefferson City, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over 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 685 miles [1,102.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,481 miles [10,430.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,210 miles [11,603.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,087 miles [8,186.7 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Zewapeta) 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 Zewapeta 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 Zewapeta. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1695, Longitude: -89.4593 In this case, the coordinates for Zewapeta have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.53 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.93 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.637 degrees. |
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