Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Ebner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ebner and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Ebner

• 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 Ebner:
  • 41.931972, -90.107625
  • 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 Ebner

• 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 Carroll County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
  • Since Ebner is near Clinton County and also Whiteside County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Clinton County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Whiteside 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 Ebner

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ebner ...

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.

• Elk River Junction
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Elk River Junction is located in Clinton County (IA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk River Junction
• Fair Haven
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Fair Haven is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Haven
• Garden Plain
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Garden Plain is located in Whiteside County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Plain
• Hickory Grove
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Hickory Grove is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
• Ideal
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Ideal is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ideal
• Little Oklahoma
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Little Oklahoma is located in Whiteside County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Oklahoma
• Lyons
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Lyons is located in Clinton County (IA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
• Oliver
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Oliver is located in Whiteside County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
• Sixmile
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Sixmile is located in Clinton County (IA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile
• Spring Valley
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Spring Valley is located in Whiteside County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
• Union Grove
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Union Grove is located in Whiteside County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
• Unionville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Unionville is located in Whiteside County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
• Ustick
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Ustick is located in Whiteside County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ustick
• Wacker
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Wacker is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wacker

How Far From Ebner to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Ebner to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Ebner and extending to:

• Mount Carroll, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Ebner to Mount Carroll, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 150 miles [241.4 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 717 miles [1,153.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,269 miles [10,089 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,013 miles [11,286.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,901 miles [7,887.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'