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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 Iroquois, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Iroquois 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 Iroquois:
- 40.827429, -87.582879
- 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 Iroquois
- 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 Iroquois County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Iroquois County
- Since Iroquois is near Newton County and also Benton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Newton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Benton 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 Iroquois
Communities Also Named Iroquois ...
We found eight communities that are also named Iroquois.
Within Illinois, the name Iroquois is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, six are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Jefferson 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 Kentucky community of Iroquois [Jefferson County].
- Michigan
- Chippewa 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 Michigan community of Iroquois [Chippewa County].
- New Brunswick
- This Iroquois lies 1,054 miles [1,696.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Iroquois that is located in Iroquois County.
- New York
- Erie County
- This Iroquois is located in Erie County and lies 458 miles [737.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Iroquois that is located in Iroquois County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Iroquois.
- Ontario
- This Iroquois lies 679 miles [1,092.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Iroquois that is located in Iroquois County.
- Pennsylvania
- Perry 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 Pennsylvania community of Iroquois [Perry County].
- South Dakota
- Kingsbury County
- This Iroquois is located in Kingsbury County and lies 575 miles [925.4 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Iroquois that is located in Iroquois County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kingsbury County community of Iroquois.
- West Virginia
- Wyoming County
- This Iroquois is located in Wyoming County and lies 402 miles [647 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Iroquois that is located in Iroquois County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming County community of Iroquois.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Iroquois ...
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.
- Beaver City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver City is located in Newton County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver City
- Beaverville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Brook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Donovan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Freedville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Freedville is located in Iroquois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedville
- Kentland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Morocco
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Woodland Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Woodland Junction is located in Iroquois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Junction
How Far From Iroquois 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 village such as Iroquois to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Iroquois and extending to:
- Watseka, which is the Seat of Iroquois County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 130 miles [209.2 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Iroquois to Springfield, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 574 miles [923.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,231 miles [10,027.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,967 miles [11,212.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,848 miles [7,802.1 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Iroquois 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Iroquois) 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 Iroquois 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 Iroquois. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8274, Longitude: -87.5829 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.404 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.146 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.843 degrees. |
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