Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Adrian, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Adrian and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Adrian
- 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 Adrian:
- 40.520877, -91.167090
- 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 Adrian
- 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 Hancock County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Hancock County
- Since Adrian is near Lee County and also Henderson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Lee County
- eBird sighting report for Henderson 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Adrian ...
We found twenty communities that share the name Adrian.
Within Illinois, the name Adrian is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, seventeen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
In addition to the above occurrences of Adrian, we know of two communities located outside of the United States and Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Georgia
- Kansas
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- New York
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Noble County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Adrian [Noble County].
- Seneca County
- This Adrian is located in Seneca County and lies 411 miles [661.4 km]<2> to the east of the Adrian that is located in Hancock County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Seneca County community of Adrian.
- Ontario
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Texas
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Communities Beyond North America ...
- Romania
- - Satu Mare
- Distance: 5,122 miles [8,243.1 km]<2> to the northeast
- - Mures
- Distance: 5,234 miles [8,423.3 km] to the northeast
- Romania
Curious and Interesting Names Near Adrian ...
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.
- Bricker
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west) - Carthage
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthage
- Carthage is located in Hancock County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,419 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carthage <5>
- Disco
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disco
- Disco is located in Hancock County
- Elderville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elderville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elderville
- Elderville is located in Hancock County
- Ferris
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ferris have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferris
- Ferris is located in Hancock County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ferris <5>
- Fountain Green
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Green
- Fountain Green is located in Hancock County
- Iowa Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iowa Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Junction
- Iowa Junction is located in Henderson County
- La Crosse
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Middle Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middle Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Creek
- Middle Creek is located in Hancock County
- Skunk River
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Skunk River have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skunk River
- Skunk River is located in Des Moines County (IA)
- Spring Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Spring Grove is located in Des Moines County (IA)
- Summitville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summitville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summitville
- Summitville is located in Lee County (IA)
- Yellow Banks
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yellow Banks have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Banks
- Yellow Banks is located in Henderson County
How Far From Adrian 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 Adrian to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Adrian and extending to:
- Carthage, which is the Seat of Hancock County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 94 miles [151.3 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Adrian to Springfield, with an average speed<6>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 6 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 758 miles [1,219.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,378 miles [10,264.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,120 miles [11,458.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,006 miles [8,056.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Adrian. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Adrian, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | 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- Adrian) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Adrian. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5209, Longitude: -91.1671 In this case, the coordinates for Adrian have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Adrian 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. |
| <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 Adrian 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 316.78 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.825 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.672 degrees. |