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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 New Douglas, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Douglas 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 New Douglas:
- 38.970348, -89.667316
- 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 New Douglas
- 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 Madison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
- Since New Douglas is near Bond County and also Macoupin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bond County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Macoupin 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 New Douglas
Curious and Interesting Names Near New Douglas ...
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.
- Carpenter
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Carpenter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter
- Eagarville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elm Point ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Elm Point is located in Bond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Point
- Fruit
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Green Castle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Green Castle is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Castle
- Maple
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Maple is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple
- Marine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Paisley Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Paisley Corners is located in Bond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paisley Corners
- Panama
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pocahontas
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Prairietown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Stubblefield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Stubblefield is located in Bond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stubblefield
How Far From New Douglas 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 village such as New Douglas to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in New Douglas and extending to:
- Edwardsville, which is the Seat of Madison County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from New Douglas to Edwardsville, 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 five to six hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 56 miles [90.1 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 677 miles [1,089.5 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 6,400 miles [10,299.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,135 miles [11,482.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,015 miles [8,070.9 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- New Douglas) 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 New Douglas 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 New Douglas. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9703, Longitude: -89.6673 In this case, the coordinates for New Douglas have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.737 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.415 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.318 degrees. |
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