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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 Mineral City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mineral City and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Mineral City:
    • 37.409496, -88.353371
    • 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 Mineral City
  • 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 Hardin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hardin County
    • Since Mineral City is near Livingston County and also Crittenden County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Livingston County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Crittenden 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 Mineral City

Communities Also Named Mineral City ...

We found seven communities that are also named Mineral City.

Within Illinois, the name Mineral City is unique.

Beyond Illinois, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Idaho
      • Mineral City #
      • This community is historichttp://www.waymarking.com/wm/search.aspx?f=1&lat=37.409496&lon=-88.353371&t=6 and we have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for Mineral City.
    • Indiana
      • Greene County
      • This Mineral City is located in Greene County and lies 135 miles [217.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Mineral City that is located in Hardin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Mineral City.
    • Missouri
      • Saint Francois County
      • This Mineral City is located in Saint Francois County and lies 121 miles [194.7 km]<1> to the west of the Mineral City that is located in Hardin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Francois County community of Mineral City.
    • New Mexico
      • San Miguel County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in San Miguel County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Miguel County community of Mineral City.
    • Ohio
      • Tuscarawas County
      • This Mineral City is located in Tuscarawas County and lies 434 miles [698.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Mineral City that is located in Hardin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscarawas County community of Mineral City.
    • Oklahoma
      • Beaver 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 Oklahoma community of Mineral City [Beaver County].
    • West Virginia
      • Logan County
      • This Mineral City is located in Logan County and lies 357 miles [574.5 km]<1> to the east of the Mineral City that is located in Hardin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Mineral City.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mineral City ...

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.

  • Cave in Rock Ferry
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Cave in Rock Ferry is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave in Rock Ferry
  • Cave-In-Rock
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Cave-In-Rock is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave-In-Rock
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
    • Cave-In-Rock has also been known as:
    • Cave-In-Rock village
  • Elizabethtown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Gross
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Gross is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gross
  • Hartsville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Hartsville is located in Pope County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville
  • Hicks
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Hicks is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks
  • Humm Wye
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Humm Wye is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humm Wye
  • Joy
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Joy is located in Livingston County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
  • Leisure City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Leisure City is located in Pope County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure City
  • Loves Corner
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Loves Corner is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loves Corner
  • Peters Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Peters Creek is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Creek
  • Rock Creek
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Rock Creek is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
  • Ropers Landing
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Ropers Landing is located in Pope County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ropers Landing
  • Rose Ford
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Rose Ford is located in Pope County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Ford

How Far From Mineral City 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 Mineral City to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Mineral City once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Mineral City and extending to:

  • Elizabethtown, which is the Seat of Hardin County, lies just to the Northeast.
  • Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 178 miles [286.5 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Mineral City to Springfield, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 622 miles [1,001 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,426 miles [10,341.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,153 miles [11,511.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,030 miles [8,095 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Mineral City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Mineral City, 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Mineral City 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Mineral City 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 Mineral City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4095, Longitude: -88.3534       In this case, the coordinates for Mineral City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.832 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.159 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.083 degrees.