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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 Foosland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Foosland 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 Foosland:
- 40.360730, -88.428982
- 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 Foosland
- 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 Champaign County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Champaign County
- Since Foosland is near Ford County and also McLean County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for McLean 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 Foosland
Curious and Interesting Names Near Foosland ...
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.
- Arrowsmith
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Derby
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Derby is located in Ford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Dewey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Farmer City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fisher
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Harpster
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Harpster is located in Ford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpster
- Harris
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harris is located in Piatt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Lotus
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Prospect
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Weedman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Weedman is located in De Witt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weedman
How Far From Foosland to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a village such as Foosland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Foosland and extending to:
- Urbana, which is the Seat of Champaign County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Foosland to Urbana, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 75 miles [120.7 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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 613 miles [986.5 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,285 miles [10,114.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,021 miles [11,299.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,903 miles [7,890.6 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Foosland) 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 Foosland 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 Foosland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3607, Longitude: -88.4290 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.956 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.712 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.378 degrees. |
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