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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 Mermet, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mermet 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 Mermet:
- 37.273109, -88.846172
- 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 Mermet
- 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 Massac County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Massac County
- Since Mermet is near Johnson County and also Pulaski County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Johnson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pulaski 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 Mermet
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mermet ...
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.
- Big Bay
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Big Bay is located in Massac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bay
- Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Crossroads is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Grand Chain
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Joppa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Joppa Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Joppa Junction is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa Junction
- Karnak
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Monkeys Eyebrow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Monkeys Eyebrow is located in Ballard County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monkeys Eyebrow
- Needmore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Needmore is located in Ballard County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- New Grand Chain
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- New Grand Chain is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Grand Chain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Ragland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ragland is located in McCracken County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragland
- Round Knob
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Round Knob is located in Massac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Knob
How Far From Mermet 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 Mermet to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mermet and extending to:
- Metropolis, which is the Seat of Massac County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Mermet to Metropolis, 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 178 miles [286.5 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 651 miles [1,047.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,452 miles [10,383.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,180 miles [11,555.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,057 miles [8,138.5 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Mermet) 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 Mermet 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 Mermet. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2731, Longitude: -88.8462 In this case, the coordinates for Mermet have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.141 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.496 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.337 degrees. |
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