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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 Kingston Mines, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kingston Mines 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 Kingston Mines:
- 40.558956, -89.770306
- 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 Kingston Mines
- 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 Peoria County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Peoria County
- Since Kingston Mines is near Tazewell County and also Fulton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tazewell County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton 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 Kingston Mines
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kingston Mines ...
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.
- Breeds
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Breeds is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breeds
- Crescent
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Crescent is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Eden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Eden is located in Peoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Edwards
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Green Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Grove is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Groveland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Kickapoo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kickapoo is located in Peoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kickapoo
- Maxwell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Maxwell is located in Peoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
- Orchard Mines
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Orchard Mines is located in Peoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Mines
- Pottstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pottstown is located in Peoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottstown
- Union
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Union is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Village Square
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Village Square is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Square
How Far From Kingston Mines 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 village such as Kingston Mines to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Kingston Mines and extending to:
- Peoria, which is the Seat of Peoria County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Kingston Mines to Peoria, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 53 miles [85.3 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 685 miles [1,102.4 km] to the east (E). 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 6,325 miles [10,179.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,064 miles [11,368.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,948 miles [7,963 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 from Point A (ie- Kingston Mines) 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 Kingston Mines 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 Kingston Mines. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5590, Longitude: -89.7703 In this case, the coordinates for Kingston Mines have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.847 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.759 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.977 degrees. |
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