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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 Allright, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Allright 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 Allright:
- 39.297260, -87.748918
- 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 Allright
- 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 Clark County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clark County
- Since Allright is near Crawford County and also Vigo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crawford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Vigo 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 Allright
Curious and Interesting Names Near Allright ...
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.
- Choctaw
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Choctaw is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw
- Darwin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Darwin is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darwin
- Ernst
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ernst is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernst
- Fox Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fox Run is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
- Golf Lakes
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Golf Lakes is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golf Lakes
- Marshall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Martinsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Orange
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Orange is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Walnut Prairie
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Prairie is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Prairie
How Far From Allright 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 community such as Allright to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Allright and extending to:
- Marshall, which is the Seat of Clark County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 106 miles [170.6 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Allright to Springfield, with an average speed<3>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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 574 miles [923.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,311 miles [10,156.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,043 miles [11,334.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,921 miles [7,919.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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- Allright) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Allright 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 Allright. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2973, Longitude: -87.7489 In this case, the coordinates for Allright have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.497 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.036 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.336 degrees. |
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