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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 Maroa, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Maroa 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 Maroa:
- 40.037773, -88.954883
- 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 Maroa
- 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 Macon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Macon County
- Since Maroa is near De Witt County and also Logan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for De Witt County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Logan 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 Maroa
Curious and Interesting Names Near Maroa ...
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.
- Bucks
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Bucks is located in De Witt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks
- Bulldog Crossing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bulldog Crossing is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulldog Crossing
- Chestnut
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hallsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Harristown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Jenkins
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jenkins is located in De Witt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
- Lane
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Larkdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Larkdale is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larkdale
- Long Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Longview Place
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Longview Place is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview Place
How Far From Maroa 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 city such as Maroa to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Maroa and extending to:
- Decatur, which is the Seat of Macon County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Maroa to Decatur, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 40 miles [64.4 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 639 miles [1,028.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,321 miles [10,172.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,057 miles [11,357.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,938 miles [7,946.9 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 '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- Maroa) 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 Maroa 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 Maroa. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0378, Longitude: -88.9549 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.297 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.057 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.715 degrees. |
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