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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 Neunert, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Neunert 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 Neunert:
- 37.722829, -89.545654
- 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 Neunert
- 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 Jackson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Since Neunert is near Perry County and also Union County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Perry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union 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 Neunert
Curious and Interesting Names Near Neunert ...
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.
- Dry Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dry Hill is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Hill
- Glenn
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Glenn is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn
- Grand Tower
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jacob
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jones Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jones Ridge is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Ridge
- Sand Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sand Ridge is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
- Seventysix
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Seventysix is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seventysix
- Starland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Starland is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starland
How Far From Neunert to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Neunert to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Neunert and extending to:
- Murphysboro, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Neunert to Murphysboro, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 142 miles [228.5 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 682 miles [1,097.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<4> 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).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,188 miles [11,568 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,066 miles [8,152.9 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Neunert) 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 Neunert 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 Neunert. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7228, Longitude: -89.5457 In this case, the coordinates for Neunert have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.61 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.098 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.552 degrees. |
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