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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 Long Shore Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Long Shore Park 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 Long Shore Park:
- 40.756148, -89.560928
- 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 Long Shore Park
- 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 Peoria County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Peoria County
- Since Long Shore Park is near Tazewell County and also Woodford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tazewell County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Woodford 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 Long Shore Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Long Shore Park ...
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.
- Farmdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Farmdale is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmdale
- Harvard Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Harvard Hills is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard Hills
- Hickory Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hickory Point is located in Woodford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Point
- Highway Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Highway Village is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highway Village
- Kickapoo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kickapoo is located in Peoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kickapoo
- Mossville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Orange Prairie
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pioneer
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pioneer is located in Peoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
- Pottstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pottstown is located in Peoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottstown
- Spring Bay
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Bay is located in Woodford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 456 people
- Sunnyland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Long Shore Park 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 Long Shore Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Long Shore Park and extending to:
- Peoria, which is the Seat of Peoria County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 67 miles [107.8 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Long Shore Park to Springfield, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 675 miles [1,086.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,308 miles [10,151.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,047 miles [11,341 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,931 miles [7,935.7 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Long Shore Park) 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 Long Shore Park 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 Long Shore Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7561, Longitude: -89.5609 In this case, the coordinates for Long Shore Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.711 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.631 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.824 degrees. |
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