Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Hico, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hico and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Hico
- 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 Hico:
- 37.569486, -93.005183
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Hico
- 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 Dallas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Dallas County
- Since Hico is near Webster County and also Laclede County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Webster County
- eBird sighting report for Laclede 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Hico ...
We found eight communities that share the name Hico.
Within Missouri, the name Hico is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Georgia
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Oklahoma
- Tennessee
- Texas
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hico ...
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.
- Buffalo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Buffalo is located in Dallas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,202 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buffalo <3>
- Cedar Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Ridge
- Cedar Ridge is located in Dallas County
- Charity ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Cloverdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cloverdale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Cloverdale is located in Dallas County
- Elkland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Limekiln Ford ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Limekiln Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limekiln Ford
- Limekiln Ford is located in Dallas County
- Long Lane
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lane
- Long Lane is located in Dallas County
- March
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Redtop
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Shady Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Shady Grove is located in Dallas County
- Spring Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Spring Grove is located in Dallas County
How Far From Hico 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 Hico 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<5> community of Hico once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Hico and extending to:
- Buffalo, which is the Seat of Dallas County, lies just to the Northwest.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 869 miles [1,398.5 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Hico to White House, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 50 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,594 miles [10,612 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,332 miles [11,799.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,214 miles [8,391.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hico) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hico. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5695, Longitude: -93.0052 In this case, the coordinates for Hico have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Hico 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | 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 Hico, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Hico to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.873 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.691 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.194 degrees. |