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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 Greenup, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greenup 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 Greenup:
- 39.247638, -88.163144
- 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 Greenup
- 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 Cumberland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland County
- Since Greenup is near Jasper County and also Coles County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jasper County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coles 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 Greenup
Communities Also Named Greenup ...
We found three communities that are also named Greenup.
Within Illinois, the name Greenup is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Doniphan County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Greenup [Doniphan County].
- Kentucky
- Greenup County
- This Greenup is located in Greenup County and lies 290 miles [466.7 km]<2> to the east of the Greenup that is located in Cumberland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenup County community of Greenup.
- Oklahoma
- Pawnee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Greenup [Pawnee County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Greenup ...
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.
- Advance
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Advance is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Casey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hazel Dell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Janesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Johnstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Liberty Hill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Maple Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Point is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Point
- Neal
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Neal is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal
- Point Pleasant
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Point Pleasant is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
- Rocky Ford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rocky Ford is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
- Rose Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Timothy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Union Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Greenup 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 Greenup to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Greenup and extending to:
- Toledo, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 87 miles [140 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Greenup to Springfield, with an average speed<4>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 596 miles [959.2 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,330 miles [10,187.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,062 miles [11,365.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,941 miles [7,951.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Greenup 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. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Greenup) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Greenup 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 Greenup. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2476, Longitude: -88.1631 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.764 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.336 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.543 degrees. |
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