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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 Nokomis, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nokomis 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 Nokomis:
- 39.301205, -89.285353
- 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 Nokomis
- 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Since Nokomis is near Christian County and also Shelby County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Christian County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby 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 Nokomis
Communities Also Named Nokomis ...
We found five communities that are also named Nokomis.
Within Illinois, the name Nokomis is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Escambia County
- This Nokomis is located in Escambia County and lies 580 miles [933.4 km]<1> to the south of the Nokomis that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Escambia County community of Nokomis.
- Florida
- Sarasota County
- This Nokomis is located in Sarasota County and lies 928 miles [1,493.5 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Nokomis that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sarasota County community of Nokomis.
- Minnesota
- Hennepin 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 Minnesota community of Nokomis [Hennepin County].
- Saskatchewan
- This Nokomis lies 1,132 miles [1,821.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Nokomis that is located in Montgomery County.
- Virginia
- Northumberland County
- This Nokomis is located in Northumberland County and lies 696 miles [1,120.1 km]<1> to the east of the Nokomis that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northumberland County community of Nokomis.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Nokomis ...
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.
- Assumption
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Butler
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dunkel
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dunkel is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkel
- Honey Bend
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Island View
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Island View is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island View
- Raymond
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Shop Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Shop Creek is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shop Creek
- Stagecoach Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Stagecoach Junction is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stagecoach Junction
- Sunrise Hills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Sunrise Hills is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Hills
- Tower Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Twin Churches
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Churches is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Churches
How Far From Nokomis to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Nokomis to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Nokomis and extending to:
- Hillsboro, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Nokomis to Hillsboro, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 38 miles [61.2 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 656 miles [1,055.7 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,369 miles [10,249.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,104 miles [11,432.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,984 miles [8,021 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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- Nokomis) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Nokomis 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> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Nokomis 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 Nokomis. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3012, Longitude: -89.2854 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.497 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.184 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.058 degrees. |
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