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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 Ivesdale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ivesdale 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 Ivesdale:
- 39.944173, -88.455938
- 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 Ivesdale
- 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 Champaign County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Champaign County
- Since Ivesdale is near Piatt County and also Douglas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Piatt County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas 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 Ivesdale
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ivesdale ...
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.
- Bondville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bourbon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Bourbon is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourbon
- Burrowsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Centerville is located in Piatt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Chicken Bristle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Combs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Combs is located in Piatt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combs
- Ficklin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hillcrest
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hillcrest is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Jimtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jimtown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
- Lodge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lodge is located in Piatt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodge
- Mackville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mackville is located in Piatt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackville
- Meadowview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Meadowview is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
How Far From Ivesdale 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 Ivesdale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Ivesdale and extending to:
- Urbana, which is the Seat of Champaign County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Ivesdale to Urbana, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 64 miles [103 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 612 miles [984.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,307 miles [10,150.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,042 miles [11,333 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,922 miles [7,921.2 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ivesdale) 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 Ivesdale 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 Ivesdale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9442, Longitude: -88.4559 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.968 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.667 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.501 degrees. |
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