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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 Mountain Glen, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mountain Glen 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 Mountain Glen:
- 37.527550, -89.289809
- 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 Mountain Glen
- 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 Union County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
- Since Mountain Glen is near Jackson County and also Cape Girardeau County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cape Girardeau 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 Mountain Glen
Communities Also Named Mountain Glen ...
We found one communities that are also named Mountain Glen.
Within Illinois, the name Mountain Glen is unique.
Beyond Illinois, there is another community also named Mountain Glen in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Garland County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Mountain Glen [Garland County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mountain Glen ...
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.
- Anna
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dutch Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Dutch Mills is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Mills
- Egypt Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Egypt Mills is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt Mills
- Evergreen Terrace
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Evergreen Terrace is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Terrace
- Lick Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lick Creek is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lick Creek
- Mason
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mason is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Moccasin Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Moccasin Springs is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moccasin Springs
- Mount Pleasant
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Poplar Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Poplar Ridge is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
- Pottsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pottsville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsville
- Union Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Union Point is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Point
- Valley Mission
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Valley Mission is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Mission
- Water Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Water Valley is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
- Wolf Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
How Far From Mountain Glen 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 Mountain Glen to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Mountain Glen and extending to:
- Jonesboro, which is the Seat of Union County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 156 miles [251.1 km]<3> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Mountain Glen to Springfield, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 670 miles [1,078.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,457 miles [10,391.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,186 miles [11,564.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,064 miles [8,149.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mountain Glen 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Mountain Glen) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Mountain Glen 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 Mountain Glen. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5275, Longitude: -89.2898 In this case, the coordinates for Mountain Glen have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.437 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.872 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.48 degrees. |
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