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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 Chula, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chula 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 Chula:
    • 39.921944, -93.477569
    • 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 Chula
  • 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 Livingston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Livingston County
    • Since Chula is near Grundy County and also Linn County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Grundy County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Linn 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 Chula

Communities Also Named Chula ...

We found five communities that are also named Chula.

Within Missouri, the name Chula is unique.

Beyond Missouri, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Yell County
      • This Chula is located in Yell County and lies 354 miles [569.7 km]<1> to the south of the Chula that is located in Livingston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yell County community of Chula.
    • Georgia
      • Irwin 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 Georgia community of Chula [Irwin County].
      • Tift County
      • This Chula is located in Tift County and lies 801 miles [1,289.1 km]<1> to the southeast of the Chula that is located in Livingston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tift County community of Chula.
    • Louisiana
      • Assumption Parish
      • This Chula is located in Assumption Parish and lies 710 miles [1,142.6 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Chula that is located in Livingston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Assumption Parish community of Chula.
    • Virginia
      • Amelia County
      • This Chula is located in Amelia County and lies 856 miles [1,377.6 km]<1> to the east of the Chula that is located in Livingston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Amelia County community of Chula.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Chula ...

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.

  • Alpha
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Alpha is located in Grundy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
  • Corner Campbell School
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Cream Ridge
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Cream Ridge is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cream Ridge
  • Edinburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Edinburg is located in Grundy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
  • Farmersville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Farmersville is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersville
  • Harmony ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Harmony is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
  • Hickory Creek
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Hickory Creek is located in Grundy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Creek
  • Meadville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Meadville is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
  • Parsons
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Parsons is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons
  • Silverleaf
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Silverleaf is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverleaf

How Far From Chula 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 city such as Chula to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Chillicothe, which is the Seat of Livingston County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Chula to Chillicothe, with an average speed<3> 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 116 miles [186.7 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 878 miles [1,413 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 50 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,490 miles [10,444.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,235 miles [11,643.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,124 miles [8,246.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Chula) 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 Chula 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 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 Chula 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 Chula. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9219, Longitude: -93.4776       In this case, the coordinates for Chula have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.322 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.52 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.95 degrees.