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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 Carrier Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Carrier Mills 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 Carrier Mills:
- 37.688035, -88.631274
- 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 Carrier Mills
- 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 Saline County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saline County
- Since Carrier Mills is near Williamson County and also Pope County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Williamson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pope 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 Carrier Mills
Curious and Interesting Names Near Carrier Mills ...
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.
- Delta
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Delta is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
- Dorrisville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Dorrisville is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorrisville
- Garden Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Garden Heights is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Heights
- Harrisburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Muddy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rodgersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rodgersville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodgersville
- Saline
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Saline is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline
- Saline Valley Store ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Saline Valley Store is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline Valley Store
How Far From Carrier Mills 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 village such as Carrier Mills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Carrier Mills and extending to:
- Harrisburg, which is the Seat of Saline County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 154 miles [247.8 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Carrier Mills to Springfield, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 633 miles [1,018.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,423 miles [10,336.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,152 miles [11,510 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,029 miles [8,093.4 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Carrier Mills) 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 Carrier Mills 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 Carrier Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6880, Longitude: -88.6313 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.02 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.414 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.143 degrees. |
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