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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 Mackville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mackville 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 Mackville:
- 39.059455, -91.060465
- 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 Mackville
- 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 Lincoln County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
- Since Mackville is near Warren County and also Pike County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pike 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 Mackville
Communities Also Named Mackville ...
We found five communities that are also named Mackville.
Within Missouri, the name Mackville is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Piatt County
- This Mackville is located in Piatt County and lies 147 miles [236.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Mackville that is located in Lincoln County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Piatt County community of Mackville.
- Kentucky
- Boone 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 Kentucky community of Mackville [Boone County].
- Washington County
- This Mackville is located in Washington County and lies 336 miles [540.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Mackville that is located in Lincoln County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Mackville.
- Vermont
- Caledonia County
- This Mackville is located in Caledonia County and lies 1,030 miles [1,657.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Mackville that is located in Lincoln County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caledonia County community of Mackville.
- Wisconsin
- Outagamie County
- This Mackville is located in Outagamie County and lies 389 miles [626 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Mackville that is located in Lincoln County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Outagamie County community of Mackville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mackville ...
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.
- Cave
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cave is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6 people
- Famous
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Famous is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Famous
- Hawk Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hobart
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hobart is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
- Louisville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Moscow Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Prairieview ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Prairieview is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieview
- Sledd
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stillhouse Ford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Stillhouse Ford is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillhouse Ford
How Far From Mackville 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 Mackville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mackville and extending to:
- Troy, which is the Seat of Lincoln County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 68 miles [109.4 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Mackville to Jefferson City, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 752 miles [1,210.2 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 43 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,447 miles [10,375.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,185 miles [11,563.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,067 miles [8,154.5 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- Mackville) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Mackville 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> | 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 Mackville 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 Mackville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0595, Longitude: -91.0605 In this case, the coordinates for Mackville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.659 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.488 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.959 degrees. |
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