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 Klines Corner:
38.371715, -88.258932
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 Klines Corner
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 Wayne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found two communities that are also named Klines Corner.
Within Illinois, the name Klines Corner is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Ohio
Trumbull County
This Klines Corner is located in Trumbull County and lies 447 miles [719.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Klines Corner that is located in Wayne County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trumbull County community of Klines Corner.
Pennsylvania
Berks County
This Klines Corner is located in Berks County and lies 686 miles [1,104 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Klines Corner that is located in Wayne County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berks County community of Klines Corner.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Klines Corner ...
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.
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 community such as Klines Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Klines Corner and extending to:
Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 122 miles [196.3 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Klines Corner to Springfield, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 606 miles [975.3 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 6,376 miles [10,261.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,106 miles [11,436 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,983 miles [8,019.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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- Klines Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
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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.
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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 Klines Corner 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 Klines Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3717, Longitude: -88.2589 In this case, the coordinates for Klines Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.804 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.26 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.808 degrees.