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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 Minden, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Minden 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 Minden:
- 38.439196, -89.370358
- 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 Minden
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since New Minden is near Clinton County and also Marion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clinton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion 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 Minden
Curious and Interesting Names Near New Minden ...
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.
- Breese
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Frogtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Frogtown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
- Huey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Junction City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Junction City is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 468 people
- Lively Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lively Grove is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lively Grove
- Plum Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Plum Hill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Hill
- Posey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pyramid
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pyramid is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyramid
- Rice
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Rice is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice
- Richview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Stone Church
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Todds Mill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Todds Mill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todds Mill
How Far From New Minden 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 Minden 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 Minden and extending to:
- Nashville, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies just to the South.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 94 miles [151.3 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from New Minden to Springfield, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 665 miles [1,070.2 km] to the east (E). 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 6,415 miles [10,323.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,147 miles [11,502 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,026 miles [8,088.6 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- New Minden) 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 Minden 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 Minden. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4392, Longitude: -89.3704 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.525 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.098 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.305 degrees. |
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