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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 Chicken Bristle, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chicken Bristle 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 Chicken Bristle:
- 39.835336, -88.365721
- 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 Chicken Bristle
- 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 Douglas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas County
- Since Chicken Bristle is near Champaign County and also Piatt County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Champaign County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Piatt 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 Chicken Bristle
Communities Also Named Chicken Bristle ...
We found one communities that are also named Chicken Bristle.
Within Illinois, the name Chicken Bristle is unique.
Beyond Illinois, there is another community also named Chicken Bristle in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Lincoln County
- This Chicken Bristle is located in Lincoln County and lies 252 miles [405.6 km]<1> to the southeast of the Chicken Bristle that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Chicken Bristle.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chicken Bristle ...
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.
- Arthur
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bourbon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bourbon is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourbon
- Ficklin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hillcrest
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hillcrest is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Hugo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hugo is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo
- Jimtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jimtown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
- Mackville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mackville is located in Piatt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackville
- Meadowview
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Meadowview is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
How Far From Chicken Bristle 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 Chicken Bristle to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Chicken Bristle and extending to:
- Tuscola, which is the Seat of Douglas County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 68 miles [109.4 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Chicken Bristle to Springfield, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 607 miles [976.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,309 miles [10,153.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,043 miles [11,334.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,923 miles [7,922.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Chicken Bristle) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Chicken Bristle 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 Chicken Bristle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8353, Longitude: -88.3657 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.907 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.582 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.486 degrees. |
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