Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Marshall, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Marshall and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Marshall
- 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 Marshall:
- 39.391362, -87.693751
- 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 Marshall
- 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 Clark County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Clark County
- Since Marshall is near Edgar County and also Vigo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Edgar 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 Marshall ...
We found 39 communities that share the name Marshall.
Within Illinois, the name Marshall is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another 39 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 39 communities, 38 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Dallas County
- This Marshall is located in Dallas County and lies 480 miles [772.5 km]<1> to the south of the Marshall that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Marshall.
- Marshall County
- This Marshall is located in Marshall County and lies 365 miles [587.4 km] to the south southeast of the Marshall that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Marshall.
- Alaska
- This Marshall lies 3,374 miles [5,429.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Marshall that is located in Clark County.
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Georgia
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Douglas County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Marshall [Douglas County].
- Jefferson 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 Kansas community of Marshall [Jefferson County].
- Pawnee 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 Kansas community of Marshall [Pawnee County].
- Sedgwick 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 Kansas community of Marshall [Sedgwick County].
- Kentucky
- Bath County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Marshall [Bath County].
- Marshall County
- This Marshall is located in Marshall County and lies 171 miles [275.2 km]<1> to the south of the Marshall that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Marshall.
- Mason County
- This Marshall is located in Mason County and lies 218 miles [350.8 km] to the east southeast of the Marshall that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mason County community of Marshall.
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- New York
- Allegany County
- This Marshall is located in Allegany County and lies 535 miles [861 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Marshall that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegany County community of Marshall.
- Oneida County
- This Marshall is located in Oneida County and lies 687 miles [1,105.6 km] to the east northeast of the Marshall that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oneida County community of Marshall.
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Dunn County
- This Marshall is located in Dunn County and lies 907 miles [1,459.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Marshall that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dunn County community of Marshall.
- Ransom County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Marshall [Ransom County].
- Ohio
- Highland County
- This Marshall is located in Highland County and lies 225 miles [362.1 km]<1> to the east of the Marshall that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Highland County community of Marshall.
- Mahoning County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Marshall [Mahoning County].
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- Adams County
- This Marshall is located in Adams County and lies 549 miles [883.5 km]<1> to the east of the Marshall that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Marshall.
- Butler County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Marshall [Butler County].
- Saskatchewan
- This Marshall lies 1,409 miles [2,267.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Marshall that is located in Clark County.
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Jackson County
- This Marshall is located in Jackson County and lies 332 miles [534.3 km]<1> to the east of the Marshall that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Marshall.
- Marshall County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Marshall [Marshall County].
- Wisconsin
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Marshall ...
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.
- Allright
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Castle Fin
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castle Fin have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Fin
- Castle Fin is located in Clark County
- Choctaw
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Clarksville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarksville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Clarksville is located in Clark County
- Ernst
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Fox Run
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Golf Lakes
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golf Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golf Lakes
- Golf Lakes is located in Clark County
- Griffin ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Oliver
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Weaver
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Weaver is located in Clark County
How Far From Marshall 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 Marshall to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Marshall and extending to:
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 107 miles [172.2 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Marshall 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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 571 miles [918.9 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 6,305 miles [10,146.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,036 miles [11,323.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,915 miles [7,909.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Marshall: www.marshall-il.com/
The official website for Clark County: www.clarkcountyil.org/
The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Marshall) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Marshall. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3914, Longitude: -87.6938 |
| <2> | 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 Marshall, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Marshall 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. |
| <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 Marshall 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 314.463 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.011 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.286 degrees. |