Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Logan, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Logan and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Logan
- 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 Logan:
- 39.737324, -87.604658
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Logan
- 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 Edgar County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Edgar County
- Since Logan is near Vermillion County and also Vigo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Vermillion County
- eBird sighting report for Vigo 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Logan ...
We found 43 communities that share the name Logan.
There is one other community in Illinois which is also named Logan.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another 42 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Illinois ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Cullman County
- This Logan is located in Cullman County and lies 388 miles [624.4 km]<2> to the south of the Logan that is located in Edgar County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cullman County community of Logan.
- Lowndes County
- This Logan is located in Lowndes County and lies 538 miles [865.8 km] to the south of the Logan that is located in Edgar County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lowndes County community of Logan.
- Arkansas
- California
- San Benito County
- This Logan is located in San Benito County and lies 1,842 miles [2,964.4 km]<2> to the west of the Logan that is located in Edgar County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Benito County community of Logan.
- Siskiyou County
- This Logan is located in Siskiyou County and lies 1,815 miles [2,921 km] to the west northwest of the Logan that is located in Edgar County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Siskiyou County community of Logan.
- Colorado
- Arapahoe County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Logan [Arapahoe County].
- Conejos County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Logan [Conejos County].
- Logan County
- This Logan is located in Logan County and lies 832 miles [1,339 km]<2> to the west of the Logan that is located in Edgar County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Logan.
- Georgia
- Indiana
- Dearborn County
- This Logan is located in Dearborn County and lies 148 miles [238.2 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Logan that is located in Edgar County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dearborn County community of Logan.
- Lawrence County
- This Logan is located in Lawrence County and lies 80 miles [128.7 km] to the southeast of the Logan that is located in Edgar County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Logan.
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Michigan
- Kent County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Logan [Kent County].
- Otsego County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Logan [Otsego County].
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Defiance County
- This Logan is located in Defiance County and lies 186 miles [299.3 km]<2> to the northeast of the Logan that is located in Edgar County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Defiance County community of Logan.
- Hocking County
- This Logan is located in Hocking County and lies 276 miles [444.2 km] to the east of the Logan that is located in Edgar County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hocking County community of Logan.
- Marion County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Logan [Marion County].
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Beaver County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Logan [Beaver County].
- Indiana County
- This Logan is located in Indiana County and lies 466 miles [750 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Logan that is located in Edgar County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Indiana County community of Logan.
- Mifflin County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Logan [Mifflin County].
- Philadelphia County
- This Logan is located in Philadelphia County and lies 659 miles [1,060.6 km] to the east of the Logan that is located in Edgar County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Philadelphia County community of Logan.
- Texas
- Utah
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Logan ...
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.
- Bono
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Cherry Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherry Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Point
- Cherry Point is located in Edgar County
- Clays Prairie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clays Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clays Prairie
- Clays Prairie is located in Edgar County
- Dana
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
- Dana is located in Vermillion County (IN)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
- Edgar
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Harris
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Jonestown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Quaker ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Randall
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Raven
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven
- Raven is located in Edgar County
How Far From Logan 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 Logan to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Logan and extending to:
- Paris, which is the Seat of Edgar County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Logan to Paris, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 108 miles [173.8 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 567 miles [912.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,285 miles [10,114.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,017 miles [11,292.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,896 miles [7,879.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Logan. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Logan 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. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Logan) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Logan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7373, Longitude: -87.6047 |
| <3> | 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 Logan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Logan to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.41 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.999 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.152 degrees. |