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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 Caspars, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Caspars 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 Caspars:
- 38.299771, -89.661644
- 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 Caspars
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since Caspars is near Saint Clair County and also Randolph County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Clair County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Randolph 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 Caspars
Curious and Interesting Names Near Caspars ...
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.
- Blair
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Eden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Eden is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Freeburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Frogtown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Frogtown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
- Hecker
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Jamestown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Jamestown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Layfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Layfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layfield
- Lively Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lively Grove is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lively Grove
- Plum Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Plum Hill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Hill
- Prairie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Prairie is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie
- Rice
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rice is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice
- Stone Church
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Todds Mill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Todds Mill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todds Mill
How Far From Caspars 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 community such as Caspars to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Caspars and extending to:
- Nashville, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Caspars to Nashville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 102 miles [164.2 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 682 miles [1,097.6 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 6,433 miles [10,352.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,166 miles [11,532.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,044 miles [8,117.5 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Caspars) 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 Caspars 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 Caspars. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2998, Longitude: -89.6616 In this case, the coordinates for Caspars have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.709 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.291 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.473 degrees. |
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