Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Maysville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Maysville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Maysville
- 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 Maysville:
- 39.707547, -90.799296
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Maysville
- 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 Pike County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Pike County
- Since Maysville is near Scott County and also Brown County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Scott County
- eBird sighting report for Brown 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Maysville ...
We found 28 communities that share the name Maysville.
There is one other community in Illinois which is also named Maysville.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another 27 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Illinois ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Benton County
- This Maysville is located in Benton County and lies 307 miles [494.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Maysville that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Maysville.
- Craighead County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Maysville [Craighead County].
- Colorado
- Georgia
- Banks County
- This Maysville is located in Banks County and lies 548 miles [881.9 km]<1> to the southeast of the Maysville that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Banks County community of Maysville.
- Columbia County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Maysville [Columbia County].
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Missouri
- Nevada
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Allen County
- This Maysville is located in Allen County and lies 371 miles [597.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Maysville that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Maysville.
- Coshocton County
- This Maysville is located in Coshocton County and lies 477 miles [767.7 km] to the east of the Maysville that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coshocton County community of Maysville.
- Hocking County
- This Maysville is located in Hocking County and lies 450 miles [724.2 km] to the east of the Maysville that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hocking County community of Maysville.
- Knox County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Knox County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Maysville.
- Muskingum County
- This Maysville is located in Muskingum County and lies 464 miles [746.7 km] to the east of the Maysville that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muskingum County community of Maysville.
- Wayne County
- This Maysville is located in Wayne County and lies 479 miles [770.9 km] to the east of the Maysville that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Maysville.
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- Armstrong County
- This Maysville is located in Armstrong County and lies 601 miles [967.2 km]<1> to the east of the Maysville that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Armstrong County community of Maysville.
- Clarion County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Maysville [Clarion County].
- Mercer County
- This Maysville is located in Mercer County and lies 554 miles [891.6 km] to the east northeast of the Maysville that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Maysville.
- Northumberland County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Maysville [Northumberland County].
- South Carolina
- Virginia
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Maysville ...
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.
- Barry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barry
- Barry is located in Pike County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,208 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Barry <4>
- Beverly
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Columbus ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east) - Fishhook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Florence
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast) - Independence
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Independence have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Independence is located in Pike County
- Naples
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Naples have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naples
- Naples is located in Scott County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Naples <4>
- New Philadelphia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Philadelphia have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Philadelphia
- New Philadelphia is located in Pike County
- Summer Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Summer Hill is located in Pike County
- Sunny Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunny Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Hill
- Sunny Hill is located in Pike County
- Time
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Valley City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Valley City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City
- Valley City is located in Pike County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14 people
How Far From Maysville 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 Maysville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Maysville and extending to:
- Pittsfield, which is the Seat of Pike County, lies just to the South.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 61 miles [98.2 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Maysville to Springfield, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 736 miles [1,184.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,405 miles [10,307.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,144 miles [11,497.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,028 miles [8,091.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Maysville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Maysville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Maysville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7075, Longitude: -90.7993 In this case, the coordinates for Maysville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Maysville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Maysville 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 Maysville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.509 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.403 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.685 degrees. |