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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 Bureau Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bureau Junction 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 Bureau Junction:
- 41.289053, -89.368835
- 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 Bureau Junction
- 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 Bureau County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bureau County
- Since Bureau Junction is near Putnam County and also La Salle County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Putnam County
- Open the eBird sighting report for La Salle 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 Bureau Junction
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bureau Junction ...
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.
- Coal Hollow
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Coal Hollow is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hollow
- Dover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hicks Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hicks Corners is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Corners
- Indian Spring
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Indian Spring is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Spring
- Ladd
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Tree Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lone Tree Corners is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Tree Corners
- Mark
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Providence
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Providence is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Spring Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Standard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Walnut Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Walnut Grove is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
How Far From Bureau Junction 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 village such as Bureau Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Bureau Junction and extending to:
- Princeton, which is the Seat of Bureau County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 105 miles [169 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Bureau Junction 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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 671 miles [1,079.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,274 miles [10,097 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,015 miles [11,289.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,900 miles [7,885.8 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- Bureau Junction) 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 Bureau Junction 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 Bureau Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2891, Longitude: -89.3688 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.59 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.567 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.59 degrees. |
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