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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 Carbon Cliff, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Carbon Cliff 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 Carbon Cliff:
- 41.498359, -90.391975
- 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 Carbon Cliff
- 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 Rock Island County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rock Island County
- Since Carbon Cliff is near Henry County and also Scott County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Henry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Scott 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 Carbon Cliff
Curious and Interesting Names Near Carbon Cliff ...
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.
- Cedar Brook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cedar Brook is located in Rock Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Brook
- Coal Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fruitland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Fruitland is located in Rock Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- Great Oaks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Great Oaks is located in Scott County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Oaks
- Green River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Green River is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green River
- Green Rock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Green Rock is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Rock
- Hickory Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hickory Hills is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Panorama Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Panorama Park is located in Scott County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Poplar Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Poplar Grove is located in Rock Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Rapids City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sunny Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sunny Hill is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Hill
- Timber Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Timber Ridge is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Ridge
How Far From Carbon Cliff to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a village such as Carbon Cliff to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Carbon Cliff and extending to:
- Rock Island, which is the Seat of Rock Island County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Carbon Cliff to Rock Island, 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 124 miles [199.6 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 726 miles [1,168.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 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 7,044 miles [11,336.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,931 miles [7,935.7 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Carbon Cliff) 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 Carbon Cliff 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 Carbon Cliff. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4984, Longitude: -90.3920 In this case, the coordinates for Carbon Cliff have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.279 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.384 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.044 degrees. |
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