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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 Ezra, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ezra 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 Ezra:
    • 37.555889, -90.098445
    • 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 Ezra
  • 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 Bollinger County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bollinger County
    • Since Ezra is near Madison County and also Perry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Perry 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 Ezra

Communities Also Named Ezra ...

We found four communities that are also named Ezra.

Within Missouri, the name Ezra is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jefferson County
      • This Ezra is located in Jefferson County and lies 328 miles [527.9 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Ezra that is located in Bollinger County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Ezra.
    • Illinois
      • Franklin 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 Illinois community of Ezra [Franklin County].
    • Mississippi
      • Simpson 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 Mississippi community of Ezra [Simpson County].
    • North Carolina
      • Johnston 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 North Carolina community of Ezra [Johnston County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ezra ...

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.

  • Alliance
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Alliance is located in Bollinger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance
  • Cobalt
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Cobalt is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobalt
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
  • Corners
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Corners is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corners
  • Cornwall
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Cornwall is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall
  • Cross Roads
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Cross Roads is located in Saint Francois County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
  • Hurricane
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Hurricane is located in Bollinger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
  • Junction City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Junction City is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 314 people
  • Lixville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Lixville is located in Bollinger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lixville
  • Precinct
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Precinct is located in Bollinger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Precinct
  • Silver Lake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Silver Lake is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Ezra once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Ezra and extending to:

  • Marble Hill, which is the Seat of Bollinger County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Ezra to Marble Hill, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 133 miles [214 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 713 miles [1,147.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,486 miles [10,438.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,218 miles [11,616.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,096 miles [8,201.2 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 from Point A (ie- Ezra) 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 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 Ezra 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>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Ezra, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Ezra 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 Ezra. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5559, Longitude: -90.0984       In this case, the coordinates for Ezra have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.961 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.48 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.843 degrees.