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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 Crosstown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Crosstown 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 Crosstown:
    • 37.746441, -89.727883
    • 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 Crosstown
  • 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 Perry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Perry County
    • Since Crosstown is near Jackson County and also Randolph County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Crosstown

Communities Also Named Crosstown ...

We found four communities that are also named Crosstown.

Within Missouri, the name Crosstown is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Ohio
      • Brown County
      • This Crosstown is located in Brown County and lies 323 miles [519.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Crosstown that is located in Perry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Crosstown.
    • Tennessee
      • Shelby 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 Tennessee community of Crosstown [Shelby County].
      • Tipton County
      • This Crosstown is located in Tipton County and lies 158 miles [254.3 km]<1> to the south of the Crosstown that is located in Perry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tipton County community of Crosstown.
    • West Virginia
      • Mineral County
      • This Crosstown is located in Mineral County and lies 580 miles [933.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Crosstown that is located in Perry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mineral County community of Crosstown.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Crosstown ...

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.

  • Apple Creek
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Apple Creek is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Creek
  • Eureka
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Eureka is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
  • Glenn
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Glenn is located in Jackson County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn
  • Jones Ridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jones Ridge is located in Jackson County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Ridge
  • Longtown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Longtown is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
  • Point Rest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Point Rest is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Rest
  • Rockwood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Saline Junction
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Saline Junction is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline Junction
  • Seventysix
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Seventysix is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seventysix
  • Starland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Starland is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starland
  • Uniontown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Uniontown is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown

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

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

  • Perryville, which is the Seat of Perry County, lies just to the West.
  • Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 144 miles [231.7 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Crosstown to Jefferson City, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 691 miles [1,112.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 40 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,463 miles [10,401.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,194 miles [11,577.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,072 miles [8,162.6 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- Crosstown) 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 Crosstown 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 Crosstown 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 Crosstown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7464, Longitude: -89.7279       In this case, the coordinates for Crosstown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.729 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.239 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.63 degrees.