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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 Gill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gill 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 Gill:
    • 36.219235, -89.789529
    • 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 Gill
  • 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 Pemiscot County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pemiscot County
    • Since Gill is near Lake County and also Dunklin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dunklin 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 Gill

Communities Also Named Gill ...

We found fifteen communities that are also named Gill.

There is one other community in Missouri that is also named Gill.

Beyond Missouri, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Missouri ...
    • Atchison County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Atchison County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Atchison County community of Gill.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Lee County
      • This Gill is located in Lee County and lies 111 miles [178.6 km]<2> to the southwest of the Gill that is located in Pemiscot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Gill.
    • Colorado
      • Weld County
      • This Gill is located in Weld County and lies 849 miles [1,366.3 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Gill that is located in Pemiscot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weld County community of Gill.
    • Georgia
      • Lincoln County
      • This Gill is located in Lincoln County and lies 434 miles [698.5 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Gill that is located in Pemiscot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Gill.
    • Kansas
      • Logan County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Gill [Logan County].
    • Massachusetts
      • Franklin County
      • This Gill is located in Franklin County and lies 1,020 miles [1,641.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Gill that is located in Pemiscot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Gill.
    • Mississippi
      • Bolivar County
      • This Gill is located in Bolivar County and lies 179 miles [288.1 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Gill that is located in Pemiscot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bolivar County community of Gill.
      • Leake County
      • This Gill is located in Leake County and lies 244 miles [392.7 km] to the south of the Gill that is located in Pemiscot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Leake County community of Gill.
    • North Carolina
      • Vance County
      • This Gill is located in Vance County and lies 633 miles [1,018.7 km]<2> to the east of the Gill that is located in Pemiscot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vance County community of Gill.
    • North Dakota
      • Cass County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Gill [Cass County].
    • Ontario
      • This Gill lies 697 miles [1,121.7 km]<2> to the northeast of the Gill that is located in Pemiscot County.
    • Texas
      • Harrison County
      • This Gill is located in Harrison County and lies 370 miles [595.5 km]<2> to the southwest of the Gill that is located in Pemiscot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Gill.
    • Utah
      • Davis County
      • This Gill is located in Davis County and lies 1,238 miles [1,992.4 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Gill that is located in Pemiscot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Gill.
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Gill is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,227 miles [1,974.7 km] to the west northwest of the Gill that is located in Pemiscot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Gill.
    • West Virginia
      • Lincoln County
      • This Gill is located in Lincoln County and lies 441 miles [709.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Gill that is located in Pemiscot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Gill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Gill ...

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.

  • Blazer
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Blazer is located in Pemiscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blazer
  • Bragg City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Bragg City is located in Pemiscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
  • Braggadocio
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Braggadocio is located in Pemiscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggadocio
  • Deco
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Deco is located in Pemiscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deco
  • Hall ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Hall is located in Pemiscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall
  • Homestown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Homestown is located in Pemiscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
  • Indian Mound
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Indian Mound is located in Pemiscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Mound
  • Netherlands
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Netherlands is located in Pemiscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netherlands
  • Shade
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Shade is located in Pemiscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shade
  • Swift
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Swift is located in Pemiscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
  • Terry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Terry is located in Pemiscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry

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

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

  • Caruthersville, which is the Seat of Pemiscot County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 208 miles [334.7 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Gill to Jefferson City, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 721 miles [1,160.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 41 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,541 miles [10,526.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,267 miles [11,695.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,144 miles [8,278.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Gill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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- Gill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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 Gill 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.
<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 Gill 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 Gill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2192, Longitude: -89.7895       In this case, the coordinates for Gill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.691 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.987 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.99 degrees.