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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 Mount Fulcher, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mount Fulcher 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 Mount Fulcher:
- 39.991994, -89.512324
- 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 Mount Fulcher
- 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 Logan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Logan County
- Since Mount Fulcher is near Sangamon County and also Menard County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sangamon County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Menard 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 Mount Fulcher
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mount Fulcher ...
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.
- Buffalo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chestervale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chestervale is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestervale
- Clear Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Clear Lake is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Cornland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elkhart
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fancy Prairie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fancy Prairie is located in Menard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Prairie
- Green Acres
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Green Acres is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Lake Fork
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lanesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lanesville is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesville
- Peabody
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Peabody is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peabody
- Sweet Water
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sweet Water is located in Menard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Water
How Far From Mount Fulcher 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 Mount Fulcher to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mount Fulcher and extending to:
- Lincoln, which is the Seat of Logan County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Mount Fulcher to Lincoln, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 16 miles [25.7 km] to the south southwest (SSW). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 668 miles [1,075 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,344 miles [10,209.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,081 miles [11,395.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,963 miles [7,987.2 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mount Fulcher) 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 Mount Fulcher 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 Mount Fulcher. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9920, Longitude: -89.5123 In this case, the coordinates for Mount Fulcher have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.663 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.471 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.995 degrees. |
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