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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 Beaverton Crossroads, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Beaverton Crossroads 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 Beaverton Crossroads:
- 42.407796, -88.821770
- 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 Beaverton Crossroads
- 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 Boone County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Boone County
- Since Beaverton Crossroads is near Winnebago County and also Rock County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Winnebago County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rock 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 Beaverton Crossroads
Curious and Interesting Names Near Beaverton Crossroads ...
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.
- Argyle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Argyle is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Blaine
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Blaine is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Foxhollow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Foxhollow is located in Rock County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhollow
- Garden Prairie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harlem
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harlem is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- Harvard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hunter
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hunter is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Loves Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Morehaven
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Morehaven is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morehaven
- Poplar Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Porters
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Porters is located in Rock County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters
- Prairie View
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Prairie View is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie View
- Stagecoach Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Stagecoach Hills is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stagecoach Hills
How Far From Beaverton Crossroads 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 Beaverton Crossroads to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Beaverton Crossroads and extending to:
- Belvidere, which is the Seat of Boone County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Beaverton Crossroads to Belvidere, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 186 miles [299.3 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 662 miles [1,065.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,200 miles [9,977.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,942 miles [11,172.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,829 miles [7,771.5 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Beaverton Crossroads) 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 Beaverton Crossroads 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 Beaverton Crossroads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4078, Longitude: -88.8218 In this case, the coordinates for Beaverton Crossroads have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.228 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.309 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.009 degrees. |
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