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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 Briggs Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Briggs Landing 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 Briggs Landing:
- 39.990326, -90.517904
- 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 Briggs Landing
- 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 Schuyler County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Schuyler County
- Since Briggs Landing is near Brown County and also Cass County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brown County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cass 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 Briggs Landing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Briggs Landing ...
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.
- Beardstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Clear Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Clear Lake is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Erwin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Erwin is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwin
- Frederick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jules
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Jules is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jules
- Oak Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Pleasant View
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pleasant View is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Rushville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sugar Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Grove is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
How Far From Briggs Landing 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 Briggs Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Briggs Landing and extending to:
- Rushville, which is the Seat of Schuyler County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Briggs Landing to Rushville, 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 48 miles [77.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 722 miles [1,161.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 41 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,381 miles [10,269.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,120 miles [11,458.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,004 miles [8,053.2 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Briggs Landing) 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 Briggs Landing 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 Briggs Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9903, Longitude: -90.5179 In this case, the coordinates for Briggs Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.33 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.237 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.481 degrees. |
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