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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 Bartelso, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bartelso 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 Bartelso:
- 38.537810, -89.468031
- 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 Bartelso
- 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 Clinton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clinton County
- Since Bartelso is near Washington County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison 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 Bartelso
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bartelso ...
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.
- Beaver Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Beaver Creek is located in Bond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Creek
- Breese
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Frogtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Frogtown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
- Harbor Light Bay
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Harbor Light Bay is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Light Bay
- Huey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jamestown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Jamestown is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Marydale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Panorama Hills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Panorama Hills is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Hills
- Plum Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Plum Hill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Hill
- Posey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Stone Church
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Bartelso 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 village such as Bartelso to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Bartelso and extending to:
- Carlyle, which is the Seat of Clinton County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 86 miles [138.4 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Bartelso 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 5 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 669 miles [1,076.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,414 miles [10,322.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,147 miles [11,502 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,026 miles [8,088.6 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' (or 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- Bartelso) 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 Bartelso 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 Bartelso. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5378, Longitude: -89.4680 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.592 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.189 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.328 degrees. |
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