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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 Dieterich, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dieterich 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 Dieterich:
- 39.061865, -88.379933
- 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 Dieterich
- 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 Effingham County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Effingham County
- Since Dieterich is near Jasper County and also Cumberland 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 Cumberland 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 Dieterich
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dieterich ...
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.
- Bible Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bible Grove is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bible Grove
- Elliottstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Elliottstown is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottstown
- Evers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Evers is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evers
- Funkhouser
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Green Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Heartville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hill is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill
- Island Grove ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Island Grove is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Grove
- Lillyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lillyville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillyville
- Rose Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
How Far From Dieterich 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 village such as Dieterich to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Dieterich and extending to:
- Effingham, which is the Seat of Effingham County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Dieterich to Effingham, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 84 miles [135.2 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 608 miles [978.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,347 miles [10,214.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,079 miles [11,392.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,958 miles [7,979.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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- Dieterich) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Dieterich 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 Dieterich. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0619, Longitude: -88.3799 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.90 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.467 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.692 degrees. |
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