Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Choctaw, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Choctaw and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Choctaw
- 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 Choctaw:
- 39.282260, -87.721417
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Choctaw
- 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 Clark County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Clark County
- Since Choctaw is near Crawford County and also Sullivan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Crawford County
- eBird sighting report for Sullivan 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Choctaw ...
We found thirteen communities that share the name Choctaw.
Within Illinois, the name Choctaw is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Florida
- Louisiana
- Iberville Parish
- This Choctaw is located in Iberville Parish and lies 663 miles [1,067 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Choctaw that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iberville Parish community of Choctaw.
- Lafourche Parish
- This Choctaw is located in Lafourche Parish and lies 673 miles [1,083.1 km] to the south southwest of the Choctaw that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lafourche Parish community of Choctaw.
- West Baton Rouge Parish
- This Choctaw is located in West Baton Rouge Parish and lies 646 miles [1,039.6 km] to the south southwest of the Choctaw that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the West Baton Rouge Parish community of Choctaw.
- Mississippi
- Bolivar County
- This Choctaw is located in Bolivar County and lies 430 miles [692 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Choctaw that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bolivar County community of Choctaw.
- Clarke County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Choctaw [Clarke County].
- Grenada County
- This Choctaw is located in Grenada County and lies 391 miles [629.3 km] to the south southwest of the Choctaw that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grenada County community of Choctaw.
- Holmes County
- This Choctaw is located in Holmes County and lies 445 miles [716.2 km] to the south southwest of the Choctaw that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Holmes County community of Choctaw.
- Jones County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Choctaw [Jones County].
- Oklahoma
- Texas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Choctaw ...
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.
- Allright
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest) - Darwin
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Ernst
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Fox Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Golf Lakes
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golf Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golf Lakes
- Golf Lakes is located in Clark County
- Marshall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Marshall is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,774 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marshall <5>
- Martinsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martinsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Martinsville is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,076 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Martinsville <5>
- Narrows Ferry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Narrows Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrows Ferry
- Narrows Ferry is located in Clark County
- Orange
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Riverview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Walnut Prairie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Prairie
- Walnut Prairie is located in Clark County
How Far From Choctaw 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 Choctaw to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Choctaw and extending to:
- Marshall, which is the Seat of Clark County, lies just to the North.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 108 miles [173.8 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Choctaw to Springfield, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 572 miles [920.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,311 miles [10,156.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,042 miles [11,333 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,921 miles [7,919.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Choctaw. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Clark County: www.clarkcountyil.org/
The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Choctaw could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Choctaw) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Choctaw. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2823, Longitude: -87.7214 In this case, the coordinates for Choctaw have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Choctaw, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Choctaw to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.479 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.014 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.327 degrees. |