Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Jonesboro, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jonesboro and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Jonesboro
- 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 Jonesboro:
- 37.452054, -89.268931
- 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 Jonesboro
- 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 Union County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Union County
- Since Jonesboro is near Cape Girardeau County and also Alexander County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Cape Girardeau County
- eBird sighting report for Alexander 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 Jonesboro ...
We found eighteen communities that share the name Jonesboro.
Within Illinois, the name Jonesboro is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Baldwin 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 Alabama community of Jonesboro [Baldwin County].
- Franklin County
- This Jonesboro is located in Franklin County and lies 216 miles [347.6 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Jonesboro that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Jonesboro.
- Jefferson County
- This Jonesboro is located in Jefferson County and lies 309 miles [497.3 km] to the south southeast of the Jonesboro that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Jonesboro.
- Arkansas
- Florida
- Georgia
- Indiana
- Louisiana
- Maine
- North Carolina
- Lee 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 North Carolina community of Jonesboro [Lee County].
- Moore County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Jonesboro [Moore County].
- Ohio
- Clinton County
- This Jonesboro is located in Clinton County and lies 321 miles [516.6 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Jonesboro that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Jonesboro.
- Fayette County
- This Jonesboro is located in Fayette County and lies 344 miles [553.6 km] to the east northeast of the Jonesboro that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Jonesboro.
- Oregon
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
- Brunswick 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 Virginia community of Jonesboro [Brunswick County].
- Nelson County
- This Jonesboro is located in Nelson County and lies 563 miles [906.1 km]<2> to the east of the Jonesboro that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nelson County community of Jonesboro.
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jonesboro ...
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.
- Anna
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
- Anna is located in Union County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,059 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anna <4>
- Dutch Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Mills
- Dutch Mills is located in Union County
- Mason
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Moccasin Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moccasin Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moccasin Springs
- Moccasin Springs is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Mount Pleasant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Mount Pleasant is located in Union County
- Mountain Glen
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Glen have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Glen
- Mountain Glen is located in Union County
- Pottsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pottsville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsville
- Pottsville is located in Union County
- Valley Mission
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley Mission have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Mission
- Valley Mission is located in Union County
- Water Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
- Water Valley is located in Union County
- Wolf Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wolf Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lake
- Wolf Lake is located in Union County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wolf Lake <4>
How Far From Jonesboro to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Jonesboro to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Jonesboro and extending to:
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 162 miles [260.7 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Jonesboro to Springfield, with an average speed<6>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 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 670 miles [1,078.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). 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 6,460 miles [10,396.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,189 miles [11,569.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,066 miles [8,152.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Jonesboro. 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 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 Jonesboro 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Jonesboro) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Jonesboro. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4521, Longitude: -89.2689 In this case, the coordinates for Jonesboro 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 Jonesboro, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <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 Jonesboro 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 315.42 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.842 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.487 degrees. |