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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 Cantrall, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cantrall 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 Cantrall:
- 39.937678, -89.675695
- 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 Cantrall
- 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 Sangamon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sangamon County
- Since Cantrall is near Menard County and also Logan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Menard County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Logan 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 Cantrall
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cantrall ...
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.
- Archer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Archer is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer
- Clear Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clear Lake is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Cody
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cody is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cody
- Elkhart
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fancy Prairie
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fancy Prairie is located in Menard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Prairie
- Grandview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Grandview is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,369 people
- Green Acres
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Green Acres is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Greenview
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hill Top
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hill Top is located in Menard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Top
- Jerome
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Jerome is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,575 people
- Jess
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Jess is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jess
- Lewisburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lewisburg is located in Menard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Peabody
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Peabody is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peabody
- Riddle Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Riddle Hill is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddle Hill
- Salisbury
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shale Bluff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Shale Bluff is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shale Bluff
- Sweet Water
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sweet Water is located in Menard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Water
How Far From Cantrall 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 Cantrall to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cantrall and extending to:
- Springfield, which is the Seat of Sangamon County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Cantrall to Springfield, 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 10 miles [16.1 km] to the south (S). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking would take four to five hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 677 miles [1,089.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, 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 6,352 miles [10,222.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,090 miles [11,410.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,972 miles [8,001.7 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cantrall) 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 Cantrall 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 Cantrall. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9377, Longitude: -89.6757 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.77 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.586 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.087 degrees. |
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