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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 High Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to High Hill 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 High Hill:
    • 38.875342, -91.377694
    • 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 High Hill
  • 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 High Hill ...

We found seven communities that share the name High Hill.

Within Missouri, the name High Hill is unique.

Beyond Missouri, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Osborne County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of High Hill [Osborne County].
    • Mississippi
      • Leake County
      • This High Hill is located in Leake County and lies 446 miles [717.8 km]<2> to the south southeast of the High Hill that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Leake County community of High Hill.
    • North Carolina
      • Hertford County
      • This High Hill is located in Hertford County and lies 798 miles [1,284.3 km]<2> to the east of the High Hill that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hertford County community of High Hill.
    • Ohio
      • Muskingum County
      • This High Hill is located in Muskingum County and lies 517 miles [832 km]<2> to the east of the High Hill that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muskingum County community of High Hill.
    • Oklahoma
      • Choctaw County
      • This High Hill is located in Choctaw County and lies 392 miles [630.9 km]<2> to the southwest of the High Hill that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Choctaw County community of High Hill.
    • Texas
      • Fayette County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of High Hill [Fayette County].
    • Virginia
      • Halifax County
      • This High Hill is located in Halifax County and lies 705 miles [1,134.6 km]<2> to the east of the High Hill that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Halifax County community of High Hill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near High Hill ...

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.

  • Big Spring
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
    • Big Spring is located in Montgomery County
  • Case
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Case have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Case
    • Case is located in Warren County
  • Danville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Danville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
    • Danville is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Danville <5>
  • Gore
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gore have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gore
    • Gore is located in Warren County
  • Mineola
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mineola have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineola
    • Mineola is located in Montgomery County
  • New Florence
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Florence have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Florence
    • New Florence is located in Montgomery County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 704 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Florence <5>
  • Prairieview ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairieview have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieview
    • Prairieview is located in Warren County
  • Prices Branch
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prices Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Branch
    • Prices Branch is located in Montgomery County

How Far From High Hill 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 city such as High Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Montgomery City, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from High Hill to Montgomery City, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 770 miles [1,239.2 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 44 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,468 miles [10,409.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,206 miles [11,596.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,089 miles [8,190 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for High Hill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 High Hill 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- High Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in High Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8753, Longitude: -91.3777       In this case, the coordinates for High Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 High Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 High Hill 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 316.861 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.697 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.152 degrees.









 

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