Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Haynes, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Haynes and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Haynes
- 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 Haynes:
- 39.849488, -89.296476
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Haynes
- 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 Sangamon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Sangamon County
- Since Haynes is near Christian County and also Macon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Christian County
- eBird sighting report for Macon 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Haynes ...
We found fourteen communities that share the name Haynes.
There is one other community in Illinois which is also named Haynes.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, thirteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Illinois ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Alberta
- This Haynes lies 1,428 miles [2,298.1 km]<2> to the northwest of the Haynes that is located in Sangamon County.
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Florida
- New Mexico
- San Juan County
- Although located in San Juan County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Juan County community of Haynes.
- New York
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Fayette County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Fayette County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Haynes.
- Hocking County
- This Haynes is located in Hocking County and lies 352 miles [566.5 km]<2> to the east of the Haynes that is located in Sangamon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hocking County community of Haynes.
- Tennessee
- Lake County
- This Haynes is located in Lake County and lies 244 miles [392.7 km]<2> to the south of the Haynes that is located in Sangamon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Haynes.
- Rutherford County
- This Haynes is located in Rutherford County and lies 306 miles [492.5 km] to the south southeast of the Haynes that is located in Sangamon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutherford County community of Haynes.
- Union County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Haynes [Union County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Haynes ...
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.
- Berry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest) - Blue Mound
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blue Mound have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mound
- Blue Mound is located in Macon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,065 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blue Mound <5>
- Blueville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south) - Bolivia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivia
- Bolivia is located in Christian County
- Buffalo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Buffalo is located in Sangamon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 473 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buffalo <5>
- Cornland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornland
- Cornland is located in Logan County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cornland <5>
- Grove City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grove City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove City
- Grove City is located in Christian County
- Harristown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harristown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harristown
- Harristown is located in Macon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,278 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harristown <5>
- Lake Fork
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Fork
- Lake Fork is located in Logan County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake Fork <5>
- Lanesville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lanesville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesville
- Lanesville is located in Sangamon County
- Mechanicsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsburg
- Mechanicsburg is located in Sangamon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 648 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mechanicsburg <5>
How Far From Haynes 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 Haynes to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Haynes and extending to:
- Springfield, which is the Seat of Sangamon County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Haynes to Springfield, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 19 miles [30.6 km] to the west southwest (WSW). The buggy would take 6 hours and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 657 miles [1,057.3 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 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,343 miles [10,208.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,079 miles [11,392.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,960 miles [7,982.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Haynes. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Sangamon County: www.co.sangamon.il.us/
The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Haynes 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Haynes) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Haynes. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8495, Longitude: -89.2965 In this case, the coordinates for Haynes have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Haynes, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Haynes to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.518 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.284 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.927 degrees. |