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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 Conant, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Conant 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 Conant:
- 38.056003, -89.482314
- 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 Conant
- 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 Perry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Perry County
- Since Conant is near Randolph County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Randolph County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Conant
Communities Also Named Conant ...
We found six communities that are also named Conant.
Within Illinois, the name Conant is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- White County
- This Conant is located in White County and lies 234 miles [376.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Conant that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the White County community of Conant.
- California
- Shasta County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Conant [Shasta County].
- Florida
- Lake County
- This Conant is located in Lake County and lies 764 miles [1,229.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Conant that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Conant.
- Idaho
- Cassia County
- This Conant is located in Cassia County and lies 1,293 miles [2,080.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Conant that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cassia County community of Conant.
- Kentucky
- Bell County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Conant [Bell County].
- Ohio
- Allen County
- This Conant is located in Allen County and lies 332 miles [534.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Conant that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Conant.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Conant ...
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.
- Denmark
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Denny
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Denny is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denny
- Eden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Eden is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Grubbs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Grubbs is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubbs
- Jamestown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jamestown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Kampenville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Kampenville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kampenville
- Layfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Layfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layfield
- Rice
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rice is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice
- Todds Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Todds Mill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todds Mill
- Wine Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wine Hill is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wine Hill
How Far From Conant 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 Conant to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Conant and extending to:
- Pinckneyville, which is the Seat of Perry County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 119 miles [191.5 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Conant to Springfield, with an average speed<4>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 674 miles [1,084.7 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,438 miles [10,361 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,170 miles [11,539 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,048 miles [8,124 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Conant) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Conant, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Conant 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Conant 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 Conant. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0560, Longitude: -89.4823 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.583 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.113 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.447 degrees. |
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