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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 Kasbeer, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kasbeer 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 Kasbeer:
- 41.505035, -89.463426
- 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 Kasbeer
- 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 Bureau County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bureau County
- Since Kasbeer is near Lee County and also Whiteside County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Whiteside 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 Kasbeer
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kasbeer ...
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.
- Coal Hollow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Coal Hollow is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hollow
- Dover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Greenoak
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Greenoak is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenoak
- Limerick
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Limerick is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerick
- Maytown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Maytown is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maytown
- Normandy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Normandy is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy
- Ohio
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Walnut
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Kasbeer to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Kasbeer to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Kasbeer and extending to:
- Princeton, which is the Seat of Bureau County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Kasbeer to Princeton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 119 miles [191.5 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 678 miles [1,091.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 6,267 miles [10,085.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,008 miles [11,278.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,894 miles [7,876.1 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- Kasbeer) 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 Kasbeer 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 Kasbeer. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5050, Longitude: -89.4634 In this case, the coordinates for Kasbeer have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.655 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.671 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.579 degrees. |
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