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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 Hagener, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hagener 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 Hagener:
- 39.925354, -90.390565
- 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 Hagener
- 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 Cass County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cass County
- Since Hagener is near Morgan County and also Brown County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brown 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 Hagener
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hagener ...
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.
- Beardstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Clear Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Clear Lake is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Frederick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Joy Prairie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Joy Prairie is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy Prairie
- Jules
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Little Indian
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Little Indian is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Indian
- Oak Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Sugar Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Grove is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Virginia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
How Far From Hagener to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Hagener to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hagener and extending to:
- Virginia, which is the Seat of Cass County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Hagener to Virginia, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 40 miles [64.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 715 miles [1,150.7 km] to the east (E). 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 6,379 miles [10,266 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,118 miles [11,455.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,001 miles [8,048.3 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hagener) 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 Hagener 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 Hagener. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9254, Longitude: -90.3906 In this case, the coordinates for Hagener have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.244 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.128 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.435 degrees. |
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