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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 Barryville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Barryville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Barryville:
    • 39.667808, -92.662134
    • 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 Barryville
  • 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 Macon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Macon County
    • Since Barryville is near Chariton County and also Randolph County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chariton County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Randolph 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 Barryville

Communities Also Named Barryville ...

We found four communities that are also named Barryville.

Within Missouri, the name Barryville is unique.

Beyond Missouri, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Iowa
      • Delaware County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Barryville [Delaware County].
    • New Brunswick
      • This Barryville lies 1,459 miles [2,348 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Barryville that is located in Macon County.
    • New York
      • Sullivan County
      • This Barryville is located in Sullivan County and lies 937 miles [1,508 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Barryville that is located in Macon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Barryville.
    • Ohio
      • Stark County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Barryville [Stark County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Barryville ...

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.

  • Cairo
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Cairo is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
  • Cash
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Cash is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
  • Echo
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Echo is located in Chariton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
  • Hart
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Hart is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
  • Kellogg
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Kellogg is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
  • Lingo
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Lingo is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lingo
  • Narrows Creek ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Narrows Creek is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrows Creek
  • Prairie Hill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Prairie Hill is located in Chariton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Hill
  • Snow ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Snow is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow

How Far From Barryville to ...

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 Barryville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Barryville and extending to:

  • Macon, which is the Seat of Macon County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Barryville to Macon, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 79 miles [127.1 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 most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 835 miles [1,343.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 48 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,474 miles [10,418.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,217 miles [11,614.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,104 miles [8,214.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Barryville 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.
<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- Barryville) 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 Barryville 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 Barryville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6678, Longitude: -92.6621       In this case, the coordinates for Barryville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.757 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.835 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.602 degrees.