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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 Cherwood Ford, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cherwood Ford 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 Cherwood Ford:
- 39.201984, -88.213373
- 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 Cherwood Ford
- 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 Cumberland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland County
- Since Cherwood Ford is near Jasper County and also Effingham County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jasper County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Effingham 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 Cherwood Ford
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cherwood Ford ...
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.
- Advance
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Advance is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Greenup
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hazel Dell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hazel Dell is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Dell
- Island Grove ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Island Grove is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Grove
- Liberty Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Liberty Hill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Maple Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Point is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Point
- Neal
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Neal is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal
- Point Pleasant
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Point Pleasant is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
- Rocky Ford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rocky Ford is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
- Rose Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rose Hill is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Timothy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Timothy is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timothy
How Far From Cherwood Ford 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 community such as Cherwood Ford to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cherwood Ford and extending to:
- Toledo, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 86 miles [138.4 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Cherwood Ford 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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 599 miles [964 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,334 miles [10,193.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,066 miles [11,371.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,945 miles [7,958.2 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- Cherwood Ford) 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 Cherwood Ford 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 Cherwood Ford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2020, Longitude: -88.2134 In this case, the coordinates for Cherwood Ford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.796 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.366 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.578 degrees. |
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