Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Garden Plain:
  • 41.800863, -90.130402
  • 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 Garden Plain

• 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 Whiteside County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Whiteside County
  • Since Garden Plain is near Clinton County and also Carroll 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 Carroll 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 Garden Plain

Communities Also Named Garden Plain ...

We found one communities that are also named Garden Plain.

Within Illinois, the name Garden Plain is unique.

Beyond Illinois, there is another community also named Garden Plain in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Kansas
    • Sedgwick County
    • This Garden Plain is located in Sedgwick County and lies 492 miles [791.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Garden Plain that is located in Whiteside County.
    • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sedgwick County community of Garden Plain.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Garden Plain ...

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.

• Erie
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Erie is located in Whiteside County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,482 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erie <2>
• Little Oklahoma
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Little Oklahoma is located in Whiteside County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Oklahoma
• Lyons
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Lyons is located in Clinton County (IA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
• Mineral Springs ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Mineral Springs is located in Whiteside County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
• Oliver
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Oliver is located in Whiteside County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
• Spring Valley
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Spring Valley is located in Whiteside County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
• Union Grove
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Union Grove is located in Whiteside County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
• Unionville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Unionville is located in Whiteside County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
• Ustick
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Ustick is located in Whiteside County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ustick

How Far From Garden Plain 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 Garden Plain to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Garden Plain and extending to:

• Morrison, which is the Seat of Whiteside County, lies just to the East.
• Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 141 miles [226.9 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Garden Plain to Springfield, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 716 miles [1,152.3 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,276 miles [10,100.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,020 miles [11,297.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,907 miles [7,897.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'