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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 Ralls, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ralls 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 Ralls:
- 39.683656, -91.401539
- 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 Ralls
- 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 Ralls County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ralls County
- Since Ralls is near Marion County and also Pike County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion 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 Ralls
Communities Also Named Ralls ...
We found three communities that are also named Ralls.
Within Missouri, the name Ralls is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Lowndes 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 Georgia community of Ralls [Lowndes County].
- Texas
- Crosby County
- This Ralls is located in Crosby County and lies 690 miles [1,110.4 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Ralls that is located in Ralls County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crosby County community of Ralls.
- Randall 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 Texas community of Ralls [Randall County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ralls ...
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.
- Aladdin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Aladdin is located in Pike County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aladdin
- Cave City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cave City is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave City
- Flint Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Flint Hill is located in Ralls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Hannibal
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lamb
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lamb is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb
- Monkey Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Monkey Run is located in Ralls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monkey Run
- Shepherd
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shepherd is located in Pike County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherd
- White Bear
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- White Bear is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Bear
How Far From Ralls 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 Ralls to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ralls and extending to:
- New London, which is the Seat of Ralls County, lies just to the South.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 86 miles [138.4 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Ralls to Jefferson City, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 768 miles [1,236 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 44 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,428 miles [10,344.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,168 miles [11,535.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,053 miles [8,132 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Ralls 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ralls) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Ralls 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 Ralls. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6837, Longitude: -91.4015 In this case, the coordinates for Ralls have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.91 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.861 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.982 degrees. |
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