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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 Loose Pulley Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Loose Pulley Junction 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 Loose Pulley Junction:
- 42.126136, -89.223994
- 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 Loose Pulley Junction
- 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 Ogle County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ogle County
- Since Loose Pulley Junction is near Winnebago County and also Stephenson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Winnebago County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stephenson 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 Loose Pulley Junction
Curious and Interesting Names Near Loose Pulley Junction ...
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.
- Cheyenne Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cheyenne Heights is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheyenne Heights
- Coreys Bluff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Coreys Bluff is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coreys Bluff
- Hickory Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Creek is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Creek
- Honey Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Honey Creek is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
- Indian Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Village is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Kings
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kings is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings
- Leaf River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lightsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lightsville is located in Ogle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightsville
- Motor Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Motor Heights is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motor Heights
- Oregon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Hills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Hills is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hills
- Stillman Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Loose Pulley Junction to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Loose Pulley Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Loose Pulley Junction and extending to:
- Oregon, which is the Seat of Ogle County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Loose Pulley Junction to Oregon, with an average speed<3> 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 163 miles [262.3 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 676 miles [1,087.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving 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 6,228 miles [10,023 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,970 miles [11,217.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,857 miles [7,816.6 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Loose Pulley Junction) 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 Loose Pulley Junction 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 Loose Pulley Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1261, Longitude: -89.2240 In this case, the coordinates for Loose Pulley Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.498 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.578 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.291 degrees. |
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