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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 Kinmundy, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kinmundy 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 Kinmundy:
- 38.773454, -88.848995
- 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 Kinmundy
- 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 Marion County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
- Since Kinmundy is near Fayette County and also Clay County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay 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 Kinmundy
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kinmundy ...
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.
- Bannister
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bluff City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bluff City is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Confidence
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Confidence is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confidence
- Fairman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Farina
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Foxville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Foxville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxville
- Howards Point ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Howards Point is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howards Point
- Lester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lester is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
- Loogootee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mason
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pinhook ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pinhook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
How Far From Kinmundy 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 city such as Kinmundy to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Kinmundy and extending to:
- Salem, which is the Seat of Marion County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Kinmundy to Salem, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 81 miles [130.4 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 634 miles [1,020.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,379 miles [10,266 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,111 miles [11,444 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,990 miles [8,030.6 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Kinmundy) 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 Kinmundy 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 Kinmundy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7735, Longitude: -88.8490 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.197 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.767 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.982 degrees. |
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