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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 Fulls, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fulls 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 Fulls:
- 40.113367, -88.090319
- 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 Fulls
- 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 Fulls is near Vermilion County and also Douglas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Vermilion County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas 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 Fulls
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fulls ...
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.
- Block
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Block is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Block
- Dailey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dailey is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
- Deers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Deers is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deers
- Flatville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Flatville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatville
- Glover
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Glover is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
- Homer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hope
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hope is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Mayview
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mayview is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayview
- Royal
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sellers
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sellers is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sellers
How Far From Fulls 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 community such as Fulls to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fulls and extending to:
- Urbana, which is the Seat of Champaign County, lies just to the West.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 85 miles [136.8 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Fulls to Springfield, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 594 miles [956 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 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 7,019 miles [11,296 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,900 miles [7,885.8 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fulls) 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 Fulls 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 Fulls. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1134, Longitude: -88.0903 In this case, the coordinates for Fulls have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.731 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.419 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.282 degrees. |
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