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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 Newton Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Newton Corners 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 Newton Corners:
- 41.736611, -90.116840
- 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 Newton Corners
- 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 Whiteside County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Whiteside County
- Since Newton Corners is near Clinton County and also Rock Island 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 Rock Island 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 Newton Corners
Curious and Interesting Names Near Newton Corners ...
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.
- Erie
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Garden Plain
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Garden Plain is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Plain
- Little Oklahoma
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Little Oklahoma is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Oklahoma
- Lyons
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lyons is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Mineral Springs ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mineral Springs is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Oliver
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oliver is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Prophetstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Union Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Unionville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Unionville is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
How Far From Newton Corners to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Newton Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Newton Corners and extending to:
- Morrison, which is the Seat of Whiteside County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Newton Corners to Morrison, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 137 miles [220.5 km] to the south (S). 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 715 miles [1,150.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,279 miles [10,105.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,022 miles [11,300.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,910 miles [7,901.9 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Newton Corners) 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 Newton Corners 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 Newton Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7366, Longitude: -90.1168 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.097 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.208 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.844 degrees. |
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