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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 Girard, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Girard 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 Girard:
- 39.446340, -89.780565
- 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 Girard
- 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 Macoupin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Macoupin County
- Since Girard is near Sangamon County and also Montgomery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sangamon County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery 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 Girard
Communities Also Named Girard ...
We found sixteen communities that are also named Girard.
Within Illinois, the name Girard is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of sixteen communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Russell County
- This Girard is located in Russell County and lies 551 miles [886.7 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Girard that is located in Macoupin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Russell County community of Girard.
- Arkansas
- Scott County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Girard [Scott County].
- California
- Kern County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Girard [Kern County].
- Georgia
- Burke County
- This Girard is located in Burke County and lies 629 miles [1,012.3 km]<1> to the southeast of the Girard that is located in Macoupin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burke County community of Girard.
- Kansas
- Crawford County
- This Girard is located in Crawford County and lies 304 miles [489.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Girard that is located in Macoupin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Girard.
- Meade County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Girard [Meade County].
- Louisiana
- Richland Parish
- This Girard is located in Richland Parish and lies 494 miles [795 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Girard that is located in Macoupin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland Parish community of Girard.
- Michigan
- Branch County
- This Girard is located in Branch County and lies 307 miles [494.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Girard that is located in Macoupin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Branch County community of Girard.
- Minnesota
- Polk County
- This Girard is located in Polk County and lies 667 miles [1,073.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Girard that is located in Macoupin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Girard.
- Montana
- Richland County
- This Girard is located in Richland County and lies 931 miles [1,498.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Girard that is located in Macoupin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Girard.
- Nebraska
- Box Butte County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Box Butte County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Box Butte County community of Girard.
- Ohio
- Trumbull County
- This Girard is located in Trumbull County and lies 492 miles [791.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Girard that is located in Macoupin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trumbull County community of Girard.
- Pennsylvania
- Erie County
- This Girard is located in Erie County and lies 525 miles [844.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Girard that is located in Macoupin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Girard.
- York County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Girard [York County].
- Texas
- Kent County
- This Girard is located in Kent County and lies 735 miles [1,182.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Girard that is located in Macoupin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Girard.
- West Virginia
- Wayne County
- This Girard is located in Wayne County and lies 411 miles [661.4 km]<1> to the east of the Girard that is located in Macoupin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Girard.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Girard ...
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.
- Centerville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Farmersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Glenarm
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Greenridge
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Greenridge is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenridge
- Honey Bend
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Irwins Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Irwins Park is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwins Park
- Lemmon ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lemmon is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemmon
- Maxwell ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Raymond
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shop Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Shop Creek is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shop Creek
- Standard City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Tower Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Tower Heights is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Heights
How Far From Girard 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 city such as Girard to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Girard and extending to:
- Carlinville, which is the Seat of Macoupin County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Girard to Carlinville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 24 miles [38.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 682 miles [1,097.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,381 miles [10,269.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,117 miles [11,453.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,998 miles [8,043.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Girard) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Girard, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Girard 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. |
| <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 Girard 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 Girard. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4463, Longitude: -89.7806 |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.826 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.583 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.258 degrees. |
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