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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 Indian Spring, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Indian Spring and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Indian Spring:
    • 41.181148, -89.360367
    • 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 Indian Spring
  • 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 Indian Spring ...

We found two communities that share the name Indian Spring.

Within Illinois, the name Indian Spring is unique.

Beyond Illinois, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Palm Beach 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 Florida community of Indian Spring [Palm Beach County].
    • Kentucky
      • Jackson County
      • This Indian Spring is located in Jackson County and lies 377 miles [606.7 km]<2> to the southeast of the Indian Spring that is located in Putnam County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Indian Spring.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Indian Spring ...

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.

  • Bureau Junction
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bureau Junction
    • Bureau Junction is located in Bureau County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 297 people
    • Bureau Junction has also been known as:
    • Bureau
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bureau Junction <3>
  • Coal Hollow
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coal Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hollow
    • Coal Hollow is located in Bureau County
  • Henry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Henry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
    • Henry is located in Marshall County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,230 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Henry <3>
  • Hicks Corners
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hicks Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Corners
    • Hicks Corners is located in Bureau County
  • Lone Tree Corners
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lone Tree Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Tree Corners
    • Lone Tree Corners is located in Bureau County
  • Magnolia
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Magnolia have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
    • Magnolia is located in Putnam County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Magnolia <3>
  • Mark
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mark have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark
    • Mark is located in Putnam County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 546 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mark <3>
  • Porterfield
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Porterfield have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterfield
    • Porterfield is located in Marshall County
  • Priscilla ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Priscilla. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priscilla
    • Priscilla is located in La Salle County
  • Sparland
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sparland have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparland
    • Sparland is located in Marshall County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 357 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sparland <3>
  • Standard
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Walnut Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
    • Walnut Grove is located in Putnam County

How Far From Indian Spring 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 Indian Spring to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Indian Spring and extending to:

  • Hennepin, which is the Seat of Putnam County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Indian Spring to Springfield, with an average speed<6>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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 669 miles [1,076.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 38 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,279 miles [10,105.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,020 miles [11,297.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,904 miles [7,892.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Indian Spring. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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 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 Indian Spring 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Indian Spring) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Indian Spring. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1811, Longitude: -89.3604       In this case, the coordinates for Indian Spring have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 Indian Spring 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 315.583 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.544 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.614 degrees.




 

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