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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 Aledo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Aledo 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 Aledo:
- 41.198270, -90.746059
- 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 Aledo
- 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 Mercer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer County
- Since Aledo is near Rock Island County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rock Island County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren 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 Aledo
Communities Also Named Aledo ...
We found three communities that are also named Aledo.
Within Illinois, the name Aledo is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Phillips 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 Kansas community of Aledo [Phillips County].
- Oklahoma
- Dewey County
- This Aledo is located in Dewey County and lies 584 miles [939.9 km]<2> to the southwest of the Aledo that is located in Mercer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dewey County community of Aledo.
- Texas
- Parker County
- This Aledo is located in Parker County and lies 698 miles [1,123.3 km]<2> to the southwest of the Aledo that is located in Mercer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Parker County community of Aledo.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Aledo ...
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.
- Buffalo Prairie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hamlet
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hamlet is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
- Joy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Keithsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Little York
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Martin ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Martin is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Petersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Petersville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Preemption
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shale City
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Shale City is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shale City
- Sugar Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sugar Grove is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Sunbeam
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sunbeam is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbeam
How Far From Aledo 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 city such as Aledo to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Aledo and extending to:
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 113 miles [181.9 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Aledo to Springfield, with an average speed<4>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 741 miles [1,192.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 43 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,328 miles [10,183.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,071 miles [11,379.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,959 miles [7,980.7 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Aledo 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Aledo) 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 Aledo 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 Aledo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1983, Longitude: -90.7461 In this case, the coordinates for Aledo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.513 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.611 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.297 degrees. |
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