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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 Dorris Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dorris Heights 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 Dorris Heights:
- 37.749492, -88.553108
- 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 Dorris Heights
- 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 Saline County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saline County
- Since Dorris Heights is near Williamson County and also Pope County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Williamson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pope 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 Dorris Heights
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dorris Heights ...
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.
- Cottage Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cottage Grove is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
- Dorrisville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Dorrisville is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorrisville
- Eldorado
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Garden Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Garden Heights is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Heights
- Harrisburg
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Liberty
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Liberty is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Muddy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Red Bud ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Red Bud is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bud
- Saline City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Saline City is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline City
- Saline Valley Store ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Saline Valley Store is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline Valley Store
How Far From Dorris Heights 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 Dorris Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Dorris Heights and extending to:
- Harrisburg, which is the Seat of Saline County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 152 miles [244.6 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Dorris Heights to Springfield, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 628 miles [1,010.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,417 miles [10,327.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,146 miles [11,500.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,023 miles [8,083.7 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- Dorris Heights) 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 Dorris Heights 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 Dorris Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7495, Longitude: -88.5531 In this case, the coordinates for Dorris Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.973 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.368 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.093 degrees. |
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