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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 Haseville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Haseville 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 Haseville:
    • 40.026785, -93.314520
    • 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 Haseville
  • 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 Linn County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Linn County
    • Since Haseville is near Grundy County and also Sullivan 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 Sullivan 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 Haseville

Communities Also Named Haseville ...

We found one communities that are also named Haseville.

Within Missouri, the name Haseville is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Quebec
      • This Haseville lies 1,092 miles [1,757.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Haseville that is located in Linn County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Haseville ...

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
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Alpha is located in Grundy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
  • Cookman
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Cookman is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookman
  • Enterprise
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Enterprise is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
  • Farmersville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Grantsville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Grantsville is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantsville
  • Harmony ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Harmony is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
  • Parsons
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Parsons is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons
  • Paw Paw
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Paw Paw is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paw Paw

How Far From Haseville to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Haseville to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Linneus, which is the Seat of Linn County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Haseville to Linneus, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 117 miles [188.3 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 870 miles [1,400.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 50 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,479 miles [10,426.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,224 miles [11,625.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,113 miles [8,228.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Haseville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Haseville 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 Haseville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0268, Longitude: -93.3145       In this case, the coordinates for Haseville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.216 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.411 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.847 degrees.