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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 Little Ireland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Little Ireland 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 Little Ireland:
- 40.493929, -90.723743
- 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 Little Ireland
- 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 McDonough County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McDonough County
- Since Little Ireland is near Hancock County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren 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 Little Ireland
Communities Also Named Little Ireland ...
We found two communities that are also named Little Ireland.
Within Illinois, the name Little Ireland is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of two communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, one is located in the United States and the other two communities are located in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ohio
- Geauga County
- This community is historic<1> and although located in Geauga County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Geauga County community of Little Ireland.
- Ontario
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Little Ireland.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Little Ireland ...
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.
- Fountain Green
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Fountain Green is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Green
- Good Hope
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hills Grove ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hills Grove is located in McDonough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Grove
- Industry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- New Philadelphia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- New Philadelphia is located in McDonough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Philadelphia
- Ragtown ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ragtown is located in McDonough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragtown
- Spring Creek Settlement ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Swan Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Swan Creek is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Creek
- Tennessee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- University Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- University Village is located in McDonough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Village
- Walnut Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Grove is located in McDonough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
How Far From Little Ireland 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 community such as Little Ireland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Little Ireland once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Little Ireland and extending to:
- Macomb, which is the Seat of McDonough County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 74 miles [119.1 km]<4> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Little Ireland to Springfield, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 734 miles [1,181.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,363 miles [10,240.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,104 miles [11,432.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,989 miles [8,029 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Little Ireland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Little Ireland could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Little Ireland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Little Ireland 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 Little Ireland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4939, Longitude: -90.7237 In this case, the coordinates for Little Ireland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.482 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.479 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.46 degrees. |
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