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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 Borton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Borton 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 Borton:
- 39.655703, -87.934458
- 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 Borton
- 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 Edgar County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Edgar County
- Since Borton is near Coles County and also Douglas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coles County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas 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 Borton
Curious and Interesting Names Near Borton ...
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.
- Catfish ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Catfish is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catfish
- Embarrass
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Embarrass is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Embarrass
- Grandview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Harris
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Harris is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Hindsboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hughes
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hughes is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes
- Hugo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hugo is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo
- Kansas
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kings
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kings is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings
- Mays
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mays is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays
- Paris
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
How Far From Borton 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 community such as Borton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Borton and extending to:
- Paris, which is the Seat of Edgar County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Borton to Paris, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 91 miles [146.5 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 584 miles [939.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,301 miles [10,140.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,034 miles [11,320.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,913 miles [7,906.7 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- Borton) 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 Borton 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 Borton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6557, Longitude: -87.9345 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.623 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.231 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.329 degrees. |
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