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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 Sterling, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mount Sterling 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 Mount Sterling:
    • 39.985525, -90.764855
    • 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 Mount Sterling
  • 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 Mount Sterling ...

We found thirteen communities that share the name Mount Sterling.

Within Illinois, the name Mount Sterling is unique.

Beyond Illinois, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Choctaw County
      • This Mount Sterling is located in Choctaw County and lies 563 miles [906.1 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Mount Sterling that is located in Brown County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Choctaw County community of Mount Sterling.
    • Indiana
      • Switzerland County
      • This Mount Sterling is located in Switzerland County and lies 314 miles [505.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Mount Sterling that is located in Brown County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Switzerland County community of Mount Sterling.
    • Iowa
      • Van Buren County
      • This Mount Sterling is located in Van Buren County and lies 75 miles [120.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Mount Sterling that is located in Brown County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Buren County community of Mount Sterling.
    • Kansas
      • Bourbon County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Mount Sterling [Bourbon County].
    • Kentucky
      • Montgomery County
      • This Mount Sterling is located in Montgomery County and lies 388 miles [624.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Mount Sterling that is located in Brown County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Mount Sterling.
    • Missouri
      • Gasconade County
      • This Mount Sterling is located in Gasconade County and lies 114 miles [183.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Mount Sterling that is located in Brown County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gasconade County community of Mount Sterling.
    • North Carolina
      • Haywood County
      • This Mount Sterling is located in Haywood County and lies 509 miles [819.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Mount Sterling that is located in Brown County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Haywood County community of Mount Sterling.
    • Ohio
      • Madison County
      • This Mount Sterling is located in Madison County and lies 397 miles [638.9 km]<1> to the east of the Mount Sterling that is located in Brown County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Mount Sterling.
      • Muskingum County
      • This Mount Sterling is located in Muskingum County and lies 455 miles [732.3 km] to the east of the Mount Sterling that is located in Brown County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muskingum County community of Mount Sterling.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Fayette County
      • This Mount Sterling is located in Fayette County and lies 573 miles [922.2 km]<1> to the east of the Mount Sterling that is located in Brown County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Mount Sterling.
    • Tennessee
      • DeKalb County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Mount Sterling [DeKalb County].
    • Utah
      • Cache County
      • This Mount Sterling is located in Cache County and lies 1,109 miles [1,784.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Mount Sterling that is located in Brown County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cache County community of Mount Sterling.
    • Wisconsin
      • Crawford County
      • This Mount Sterling is located in Crawford County and lies 230 miles [370.1 km]<1> to the north of the Mount Sterling that is located in Brown County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Mount Sterling.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mount Sterling ...

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.

  • Erwin
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Erwin have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwin
    • Erwin is located in Schuyler County
  • Fargo
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fargo have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
    • Fargo is located in Brown County
  • Fishhook
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fishhook have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishhook
    • Fishhook is located in Pike County
  • Golden
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golden have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
    • Golden is located in Adams County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 611 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Golden <5>
  • Huntsville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Mound Station
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Rushville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Spring Valley
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
    • Spring Valley is located in Adams County
  • Sugar Grove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
    • Sugar Grove is located in Schuyler County

How Far From Mount Sterling 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 Mount Sterling to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mount Sterling and extending to:

  • Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 60 miles [96.6 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Mount Sterling to Springfield, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 735 miles [1,182.9 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 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
  • The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,390 miles [10,283.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,130 miles [11,474.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,014 miles [8,069.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mount Sterling. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mount Sterling) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mount Sterling. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9855, Longitude: -90.7649    
<2>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Mount Sterling 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.
<3>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 Mount Sterling, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>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.
<8>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 Sterling to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.495 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.425 degrees.
<11>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.603 degrees.




 

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