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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 Easterville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Easterville 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 Easterville:
    • 39.627233, -93.899105
    • 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 Easterville
  • 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 Caldwell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Caldwell County
    • Since Easterville is near Ray County and also Livingston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ray County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Livingston 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 Easterville

Communities Also Named Easterville ...

We found one communities that are also named Easterville.

Within Missouri, the name Easterville is unique.

Beyond Missouri, there is another community also named Easterville in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Manitoba
      • This Easterville lies 971 miles [1,562.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Easterville that is located in Caldwell County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Easterville ...

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.

  • Black Oak
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Black Oak is located in Caldwell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
  • Bonanza ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Bonanza is located in Caldwell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
  • Cowgill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Cowgill is located in Caldwell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowgill
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
  • Georgeville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Georgeville is located in Ray County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
  • Plymouth
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Plymouth is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
  • Polo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Polo is located in Caldwell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 532 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Polo <2>
  • Quote
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Quote is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quote
  • Regal
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Regal is located in Ray County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regal
  • Shoal
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Shoal is located in Caldwell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal

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

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

  • Kingston, which is the Seat of Caldwell County, lies just to the West.
  • Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 117 miles [188.3 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Easterville to Jefferson City, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 901 miles [1,450 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 52 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,520 miles [10,492.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,265 miles [11,691.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,155 miles [8,296.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Easterville) 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 Easterville 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 Easterville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6272, Longitude: -93.8991       In this case, the coordinates for Easterville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.595 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.796 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.221 degrees.