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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 El Paso, we use the following websites to find information relevant to El Paso 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 El Paso:
- 40.738184, -89.017987
- 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 El Paso
- 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 Woodford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Woodford County
- Since El Paso is near McLean County and also Livingston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McLean County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Livingston 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 El Paso
Communities Also Named El Paso ...
We found seven communities that are also named El Paso.
Within Illinois, the name El Paso is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- White County
- This El Paso is located in White County and lies 422 miles [679.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the El Paso that is located in Woodford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the White County community of El Paso.
- Kansas
- Edwards County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of El Paso [Edwards County].
- Missouri
- Atchison County
- Although located in Atchison County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Atchison County community of El Paso.
- Barry County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of El Paso [Barry County].
- North Carolina
- Brunswick County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of El Paso [Brunswick County].
- Texas
- El Paso County
- This El Paso is located in El Paso County and lies 1,150 miles [1,850.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the El Paso that is located in Woodford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the El Paso County community of El Paso.
- Wisconsin
- Pierce County
- This El Paso is located in Pierce County and lies 325 miles [523 km]<1> to the north northwest of the El Paso that is located in Woodford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pierce County community of El Paso.
Curious and Interesting Names Near El Paso ...
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.
- Bowling Green ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bowling Green is located in Woodford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
- Carlock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Clarksville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clarksville is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Eureka
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Farmsville ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Farmsville is located in Woodford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmsville
- Meadows
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Meadows is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Spires
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Spires is located in Woodford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spires
- Timber Ridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Timber Ridge is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Ridge
- Waldo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Waldo is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
How Far From El Paso 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 city such as El Paso to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in El Paso and extending to:
- Eureka, which is the Seat of Woodford County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from El Paso to Eureka, with an average speed<5> 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 73 miles [117.5 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 647 miles [1,041.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,289 miles [10,121.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,027 miles [11,308.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,910 miles [7,901.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- El Paso) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 El Paso 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. |
| <3> | 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 El Paso, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 El Paso 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 El Paso. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7382, Longitude: -89.0180 In this case, the coordinates for El Paso have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.35 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.215 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.563 degrees. |
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