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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 Rayville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rayville 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 Rayville:
- 39.348347, -94.064322
- 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 Rayville
- 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 Ray County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ray County
- Since Rayville is near Clay County and also Clinton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clinton 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 Rayville
Communities Also Named Rayville ...
We found nine communities that are also named Rayville.
Within Missouri, the name Rayville is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Vermilion County
- This Rayville is located in Vermilion County and lies 346 miles [556.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rayville that is located in Ray County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vermilion County community of Rayville.
- Kansas
- Bourbon 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 Kansas community of Rayville [Bourbon County].
- Norton County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Rayville [Norton County].
- Louisiana
- Richland Parish
- This Rayville is located in Richland Parish and lies 492 miles [791.8 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Rayville that is located in Ray County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland Parish community of Rayville.
- Maine
- Cumberland County
- This Rayville is located in Cumberland County and lies 1,250 miles [2,011.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rayville that is located in Ray County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Rayville.
- Maryland
- Baltimore County
- This Rayville is located in Baltimore County and lies 923 miles [1,485.4 km]<1> to the east of the Rayville that is located in Ray County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Rayville.
- New York
- Columbia County
- This Rayville is located in Columbia County and lies 1,089 miles [1,752.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rayville that is located in Ray County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Rayville.
- Texas
- Parker 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 Texas community of Rayville [Parker County].
- Washington
- Grays Harbor County
- This Rayville is located in Grays Harbor County and lies 1,554 miles [2,500.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Rayville that is located in Ray County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grays Harbor County community of Rayville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rayville ...
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.
- Claysville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Claysville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Crystal Lakes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Dockery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Dockery is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dockery
- Elkhorn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elkhorn is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
- Golf Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Golf Hill is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golf Hill
- Homestead
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Homestead is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- New Garden
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- New Garden is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Garden
- Sandals
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sandals is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandals
- Wood Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wood Heights is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 700 people
- Woods Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
How Far From Rayville to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a village such as Rayville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rayville and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the Seat of Ray County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 114 miles [183.5 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Rayville to Jefferson City, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 911 miles [1,466.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 52 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,541 miles [10,526.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,285 miles [11,724.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,174 miles [8,326.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Rayville) 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 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 Rayville 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 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. |
| <4> | 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 Rayville 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 Rayville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3483, Longitude: -94.0643 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.693 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.873 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.358 degrees. |
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