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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 Rushville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rushville 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 Rushville:
    • 39.587766, -95.022726
    • 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 Rushville
  • 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 Buchanan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Buchanan County
    • Since Rushville is near Doniphan County and also Atchison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Doniphan County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Atchison 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 Rushville

Communities Also Named Rushville ...

We found fourteen communities that are also named Rushville.

Within Missouri, the name Rushville is unique.

Beyond Missouri, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Schuyler County
      • This Rushville is located in Schuyler County and lies 239 miles [384.6 km]<1> to the east of the Rushville that is located in Buchanan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuyler County community of Rushville.
    • Indiana
      • Rush County
      • This Rushville is located in Rush County and lies 509 miles [819.2 km]<1> to the east of the Rushville that is located in Buchanan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rush County community of Rushville.
    • Iowa
      • Jasper County
      • This Rushville is located in Jasper County and lies 185 miles [297.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Rushville that is located in Buchanan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Rushville.
    • Kansas
      • Atchison 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 Rushville [Atchison County].
      • Ford 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 Rushville [Ford County].
    • Maryland
      • Montgomery County
      • This Rushville is located in Montgomery County and lies 944 miles [1,519.2 km]<1> to the east of the Rushville that is located in Buchanan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Rushville.
    • Nebraska
      • Sheridan County
      • This Rushville is located in Sheridan County and lies 442 miles [711.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Rushville that is located in Buchanan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sheridan County community of Rushville.
    • New York
      • Yates County
      • This Rushville is located in Yates County and lies 948 miles [1,525.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rushville that is located in Buchanan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yates County community of Rushville.
    • Ohio
      • Fairfield County
      • This Rushville is located in Fairfield County and lies 668 miles [1,075 km]<1> to the east of the Rushville that is located in Buchanan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Rushville.
      • Meigs County
      • This Rushville is located in Meigs County and lies 708 miles [1,139.4 km] to the east of the Rushville that is located in Buchanan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meigs County community of Rushville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Susquehanna County
      • This Rushville is located in Susquehanna County and lies 999 miles [1,607.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rushville that is located in Buchanan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Susquehanna County community of Rushville.
    • South Carolina
      • Greenwood County
      • This Rushville is located in Greenwood County and lies 807 miles [1,298.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Rushville that is located in Buchanan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenwood County community of Rushville.
    • Virginia
      • Rockingham County
      • This Rushville is located in Rockingham County and lies 863 miles [1,388.9 km]<1> to the east of the Rushville that is located in Buchanan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Rushville.
    • West Virginia
      • Roane County
      • This Rushville is located in Roane County and lies 734 miles [1,181.3 km]<1> to the east of the Rushville that is located in Buchanan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roane County community of Rushville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rushville ...

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.

  • Blair
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Blair is located in Doniphan County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
  • Dearborn
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Dye
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Dye is located in Platte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dye
  • Faucett
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Goodintent ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Goodintent is located in Atchison County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodintent
  • Halls
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Halls is located in Buchanan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls
  • Kickapoo
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Kickapoo is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kickapoo
  • Lone Star
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Lone Star is located in Buchanan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
  • Maxey
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Maxey is located in Buchanan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxey
  • Mock Corner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Mock Corner is located in Buchanan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mock Corner
  • Potter
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Potter is located in Atchison County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
  • Sugar Lake
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Sugar Lake is located in Buchanan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Lake
  • Willow Brook
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Willow Brook is located in Buchanan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Brook

How Far From Rushville 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 town such as Rushville to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Saint Joseph, which is the Seat of Buchanan County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Rushville to Saint Joseph, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 167 miles [268.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 961 miles [1,546.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,562 miles [10,560.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,309 miles [11,762.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,201 miles [8,370.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Rushville) 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 Rushville 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 Rushville 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 Rushville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5878, Longitude: -95.0227       In this case, the coordinates for Rushville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.364 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.679 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.788 degrees.