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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 Avilla, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Avilla 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 Avilla:
- 37.195459, -94.12982
- 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 Avilla
- 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 Jasper County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jasper County
- Since Avilla is near Lawrence County and also Barton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Barton 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 Avilla
Communities Also Named Avilla ...
We found four communities that are also named Avilla.
Within Missouri, the name Avilla is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Saline County
- This Avilla is located in Saline County and lies 193 miles [310.6 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Avilla that is located in Jasper County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saline County community of Avilla.
- Indiana
- Noble County
- This Avilla is located in Noble County and lies 555 miles [893.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Avilla that is located in Jasper County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Noble County community of Avilla.
- Kansas
- Comanche 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 Kansas community of Avilla [Comanche County].
- North Carolina
- Alexander 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 North Carolina community of Avilla [Alexander County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Avilla ...
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.
- Carthage
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Forest Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Grays Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Grays Point is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Point
- Knights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Knights is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knights
- Maple Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Maxville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Maxville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
- Motley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Red Oak
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Reeds
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Reeds is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Rescue
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rescue is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rescue
How Far From Avilla 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 town such as Avilla to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Avilla and extending to:
- Carthage, which is the Seat of Jasper County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Avilla to Carthage, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 142 miles [228.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 935 miles [1,504.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 54 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,655 miles [10,710.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,394 miles [11,899.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,277 miles [8,492.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Avilla) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Avilla 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 Avilla 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 Avilla. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1955, Longitude: -94.1298 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.599 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.484 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.795 degrees. |
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