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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 Compro, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Compro 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 Compro:
- 39.589775, -89.782600
- 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 Compro
- 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 Sangamon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sangamon County
- Since Compro is near Macoupin County and also Montgomery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Macoupin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery 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 Compro
Curious and Interesting Names Near Compro ...
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.
- Cotton Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cotton Hill is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Hill
- Glenarm
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Greenridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Greenridge is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenridge
- Irwins Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Irwins Park is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwins Park
- Knapp
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Knapp is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapp
- Lemmon ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lemmon is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemmon
- Maxwell ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Maxwell is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
- Tower Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Tower Heights is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Heights
- Woodside
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Woodside is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
How Far From Compro to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Compro to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Compro and extending to:
- Springfield, which is the Seat of Sangamon County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Compro to Springfield, 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 15 miles [24.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 682 miles [1,097.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, 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 6,374 miles [10,258 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,110 miles [11,442.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,992 miles [8,033.8 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Compro) 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 Compro 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 Compro. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5898, Longitude: -89.7826 In this case, the coordinates for Compro have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.832 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.609 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.224 degrees. |
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