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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 Hebron, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Hebron and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Hebron:
    • 38.950073, -87.7445
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on New Hebron
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named New Hebron ...

We found two communities that share the name New Hebron.

Within Illinois, the name New Hebron is unique.

Beyond Illinois, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Mississippi
      • Lawrence County
      • This New Hebron is located in Lawrence County and lies 513 miles [825.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the New Hebron that is located in Crawford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of New Hebron.
    • Texas
      • Harrison County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of New Hebron [Harrison County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near New Hebron ...

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.

  • Birds
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Charlottsville ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Charlottsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlottsville
    • Charlottsville is located in Lawrence County
  • Davy
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Davy have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davy
    • Davy is located in Vanderburgh County (IN)
  • Flat Rock
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Gordon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
    • Gordon is located in Crawford County
  • Oblong
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Oil Center
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Center
    • Oil Center is located in Crawford County
  • Oil Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Grove
    • Oil Grove is located in Crawford County
  • Palestine
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Riddleville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riddleville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddleville
    • Riddleville is located in Crawford County
  • Trimble
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trimble have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
    • Trimble is located in Crawford County

How Far From New Hebron 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 New Hebron to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in New Hebron and extending to:

  • Robinson, which is the Seat of Crawford County, lies just to the North.
  • Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 116 miles [186.7 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from New Hebron to Springfield, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 574 miles [923.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,328 miles [10,183.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,058 miles [11,358.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,936 miles [7,943.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for New Hebron. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov

Footnotes ...

<1>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- New Hebron) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in New Hebron. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9501, Longitude: -87.7445    
<2>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 New Hebron 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>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.
<6>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 Hebron to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.487 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.977 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.425 degrees.




 

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