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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 Ellisville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ellisville 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 Ellisville:
- 40.627308, -90.306042
- 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 Ellisville
- 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 Fulton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton County
- Since Ellisville is near Knox County and also McDonough County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Knox County
- Open the eBird sighting report for McDonough 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 Ellisville
Communities Also Named Ellisville ...
We found sixteen communities that are also named Ellisville.
Within Illinois, the name Ellisville is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of sixteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Baldwin County
- This Ellisville is located in Baldwin County and lies 704 miles [1,133 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Ellisville that is located in Fulton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baldwin County community of Ellisville.
- Cherokee County
- This Ellisville is located in Cherokee County and lies 521 miles [838.5 km] to the south southeast of the Ellisville that is located in Fulton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Ellisville.
- Washington County
- This Ellisville is located in Washington County and lies 637 miles [1,025.2 km] to the south of the Ellisville that is located in Fulton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Ellisville.
- Arkansas
- Calhoun County
- This Ellisville is located in Calhoun County and lies 491 miles [790.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Ellisville that is located in Fulton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Ellisville.
- Florida
- Columbia County
- This Ellisville is located in Columbia County and lies 851 miles [1,369.6 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Ellisville that is located in Fulton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Ellisville.
- Indiana
- Allen County
- This Ellisville is located in Allen County and lies 263 miles [423.3 km]<1> to the east of the Ellisville that is located in Fulton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Ellisville.
- Kentucky
- Nicholas County
- This Ellisville is located in Nicholas County and lies 368 miles [592.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Ellisville that is located in Fulton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nicholas County community of Ellisville.
- Massachusetts
- Plymouth County
- This Ellisville is located in Plymouth County and lies 1,027 miles [1,652.8 km]<1> to the east of the Ellisville that is located in Fulton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plymouth County community of Ellisville.
- Mississippi
- Jones County
- This Ellisville is located in Jones County and lies 626 miles [1,007.4 km]<1> to the south of the Ellisville that is located in Fulton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jones County community of Ellisville.
- Missouri
- Saint Louis County
- This Ellisville is located in Saint Louis County and lies 141 miles [226.9 km]<1> to the south of the Ellisville that is located in Fulton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Ellisville.
- New Hampshire
- Cheshire County
- This Ellisville is located in Cheshire County and lies 944 miles [1,519.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ellisville that is located in Fulton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cheshire County community of Ellisville.
- Ontario
- This Ellisville lies 766 miles [1,232.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ellisville that is located in Fulton County.
- South Dakota
- Faulk County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Ellisville [Faulk County].
- Virginia
- Louisa County
- This Ellisville is located in Louisa County and lies 679 miles [1,092.7 km]<1> to the east of the Ellisville that is located in Fulton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Louisa County community of Ellisville.
- Washington
- King County
- This Ellisville is located in King County and lies 1,618 miles [2,603.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Ellisville that is located in Fulton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Ellisville.
- Wisconsin
- Kewaunee County
- This Ellisville is located in Kewaunee County and lies 296 miles [476.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Ellisville that is located in Fulton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kewaunee County community of Ellisville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ellisville ...
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.
- Buckeye
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Buckeye is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Cuba
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Greenbush
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Greenbush is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
- London Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Manley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Manley is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manley
- New Philadelphia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Philadelphia is located in McDonough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Philadelphia
- Pleasant Ridge ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Poverty Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Poverty Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poverty Ridge
- Prairie City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Prairie City is located in McDonough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
- Uniontown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Uniontown is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Walnut Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Walnut Grove is located in McDonough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
How Far From Ellisville 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 village such as Ellisville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ellisville and extending to:
- Lewistown, which is the Seat of Fulton County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Ellisville to Lewistown, with an average speed<4> 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 five to six hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 67 miles [107.8 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 713 miles [1,147.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,341 miles [10,204.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,082 miles [11,397.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,967 miles [7,993.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Ellisville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Ellisville could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Ellisville 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 Ellisville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6273, Longitude: -90.3060 In this case, the coordinates for Ellisville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.205 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.18 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.222 degrees. |
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