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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 Grand Chain, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Grand Chain 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 Grand Chain:
- 37.255199, -89.016477
- 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 Grand Chain
- 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 Pulaski County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pulaski County
- Since New Grand Chain is near Johnson County and also Ballard County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Johnson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ballard 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 Grand Chain
Curious and Interesting Names Near New Grand Chain ...
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.
- America
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- America is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for America
- Cypress
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Grand Chain
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Joppa Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Joppa Junction is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa Junction
- Karnak
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Monkeys Eyebrow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Monkeys Eyebrow is located in Ballard County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monkeys Eyebrow
- Needmore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Needmore is located in Ballard County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Oscar
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Oscar is located in Ballard County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oscar
- Perks
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pryortown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pryortown is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pryortown
- Ragland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ragland is located in McCracken County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragland
How Far From New Grand Chain 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 Grand Chain 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 Grand Chain and extending to:
- Mound City, which is the Seat of Pulaski County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from New Grand Chain to Mound City, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 177 miles [284.9 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 660 miles [1,062.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,460 miles [10,396.4 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 5,064 miles [8,149.7 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- New Grand Chain) 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 Grand Chain 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 Grand Chain. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2552, Longitude: -89.0165 In this case, the coordinates for New Grand Chain have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.25 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.619 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.418 degrees. |
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