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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 Billingsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Billingsville 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 Billingsville:
- 38.903081, -92.794356
- 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 Billingsville
- 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 Cooper County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cooper County
- Since Billingsville is near Howard County and also Boone County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Howard County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Boone 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 Billingsville
Communities Also Named Billingsville ...
We found one communities that are also named Billingsville.
Within Missouri, the name Billingsville is unique.
Beyond Missouri, there is another community also named Billingsville in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Union County
- This Billingsville is located in Union County and lies 423 miles [680.8 km]<1> to the east of the Billingsville that is located in Cooper County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Billingsville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Billingsville ...
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.
- Franklin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lisbon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lisbon is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Lone Elm
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lone Elm is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Elm
- Nelson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Nelson is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
- Pilot Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Green
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Green is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Green
- Pleasant Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Postal
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Postal is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postal
- Prairie Home
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Prairie Home is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Home
- Population from the 2020 Census: 280 people
- Ridge Prairie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Ridge Prairie is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Prairie
- Speed
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Speed is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speed
How Far From Billingsville 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 community such as Billingsville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Billingsville and extending to:
- Boonville, which is the Seat of Cooper County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Billingsville to Jefferson City, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 845 miles [1,359.9 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 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 6,518 miles [10,489.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,259 miles [11,682.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,144 miles [8,278.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Billingsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Billingsville 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 Billingsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9031, Longitude: -92.7944 In this case, the coordinates for Billingsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.81 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.794 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.828 degrees. |
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