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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 Moweaqua, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Moweaqua 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 Moweaqua:
- 39.624627, -89.023995
- 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 Moweaqua
- 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 Shelby County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby County
- Since Moweaqua is near Christian County and also Macon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Christian County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Macon 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 Moweaqua
Curious and Interesting Names Near Moweaqua ...
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.
- Assumption
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bethany
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Blue Mound
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Boody
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bulldog Crossing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bulldog Crossing is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulldog Crossing
- Dunkel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Dunkel is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkel
- Grove City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Grove City is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove City
- Harristown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Long Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Long Creek is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,262 people
- Longview Place
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Longview Place is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview Place
- Prairie Hall
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Prairie Hall is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Hall
- Sandersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sandersville is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandersville
- Todds Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Todds Point is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todds Point
- Tower Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
How Far From Moweaqua 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 village such as Moweaqua to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Moweaqua and extending to:
- Shelbyville, which is the Seat of Shelby County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Moweaqua to Shelbyville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 35 miles [56.3 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 642 miles [1,033.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,344 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 7,079 miles [11,392.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,959 miles [7,980.7 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Moweaqua) 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 Moweaqua 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 Moweaqua. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6246, Longitude: -89.0240 In this case, the coordinates for Moweaqua have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.334 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.042 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.853 degrees. |
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