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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 Future City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Future City 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 Future City:
- 37.030208, -89.188215
- 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 Future City
- 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 Alexander County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Alexander County
- Since Future City is near Pulaski County and also Mississippi County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pulaski County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mississippi 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 Future City
Communities Also Named Future City ...
We found one communities that are also named Future City.
Within Illinois, the name Future City is unique.
Beyond Illinois, there is another community also named Future City in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- McCracken County
- This Future City is located in McCracken County and lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the east of the Future City that is located in Alexander County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McCracken County community of Future City.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Future City ...
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.
- Alfalfa Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Alfalfa Center is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfalfa Center
- Cache
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cairo
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Frog City ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Golden Lily
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Golden Lily is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Lily
- Greenfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Greenfield is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Mound City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mounds
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mounds is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mounds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 666 people
How Far From Future City 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 Future City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Future City and extending to:
- Cairo, which is the Seat of Alexander County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 191 miles [307.4 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Future City to Springfield, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 673 miles [1,083.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,477 miles [10,423.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,205 miles [11,595.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,082 miles [8,178.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 from Point A (ie- Future City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Future City 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 Future City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0302, Longitude: -89.1882 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.349 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.703 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.546 degrees. |
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