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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 Ancona, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ancona 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 Ancona:
- 41.040976, -88.872274
- 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 Ancona
- 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 Livingston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Livingston County
- Since Ancona is near La Salle County and also Marshall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for La Salle County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall 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 Ancona
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ancona ...
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.
- Coalville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dana
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Long Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Manville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Manville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manville
- Munster
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- New Michigan ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- New Michigan is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Michigan
- Otter ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Otter is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter
- Reading
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Reading is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- Richards
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Richards is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richards
- Rutland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sandy Ford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sandy Ford is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ford
How Far From Ancona 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 Ancona to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Ancona and extending to:
- Pontiac, which is the Seat of Livingston County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Ancona to Pontiac, with an average speed<3> 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 five to six hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 96 miles [154.5 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 643 miles [1,034.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,268 miles [10,087.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,007 miles [11,276.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,891 miles [7,871.3 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ancona) 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 Ancona 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 Ancona. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0410, Longitude: -88.8723 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.257 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.151 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.411 degrees. |
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