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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 Howardton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Howardton 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 Howardton:
- 37.629217, -89.464539
- 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 Howardton
- 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 Jackson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Since Howardton is near Perry County and also Union County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Perry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union 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 Howardton
Curious and Interesting Names Near Howardton ...
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.
- Grand Tower
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jacob
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lovejoy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lovejoy is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovejoy
- Poplar Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Poplar Ridge is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
- Sand Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sand Ridge is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
- Starland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Starland is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starland
- Union Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Union Point is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Point
- Wolf Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
How Far From Howardton 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 Howardton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Howardton and extending to:
- Murphysboro, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Howardton to Murphysboro, with an average speed<3> 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 149 miles [239.8 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 678 miles [1,091.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,458 miles [10,393.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,189 miles [11,569.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,066 miles [8,152.9 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Howardton) 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 Howardton 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 Howardton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6292, Longitude: -89.4645 In this case, the coordinates for Howardton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.554 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.021 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.536 degrees. |
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