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 Lewis Corner:
37.272554, -88.579491
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 Lewis 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 Pope County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found three communities that are also named Lewis Corner.
Within Illinois, the name Lewis Corner is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Georgia
Gordon County
This Lewis Corner is located in Gordon County and lies 284 miles [457.1 km]<1> to the southeast of the Lewis Corner that is located in Pope County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gordon County community of Lewis Corner.
Maryland
Worcester County
This Lewis Corner is located in Worcester County and lies 735 miles [1,182.9 km]<1> to the east of the Lewis Corner that is located in Pope County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Lewis Corner.
Pennsylvania
Potter County
This Lewis Corner is located in Potter County and lies 649 miles [1,044.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lewis Corner that is located in Pope County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Potter County community of Lewis Corner.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lewis 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 that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Lewis Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lewis Corner and extending to:
Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 182 miles [292.9 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Lewis Corner to Springfield, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 636 miles [1,023.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 37 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,442 miles [10,367.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,169 miles [11,537.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,045 miles [8,119.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Lewis Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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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 Lewis 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 Lewis Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2726, Longitude: -88.5795 In this case, the coordinates for Lewis Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.971 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.30 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.217 degrees.