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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 Old Du Quoin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Old Du Quoin 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 Old Du Quoin:
- 37.975050, -89.183136
- 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 Old Du Quoin
- 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 Perry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Perry County
- Since Old Du Quoin is near Jackson County and also Franklin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin 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 Old Du Quoin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Du Quoin ...
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.
- Bush
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bush is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Christopher
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- De Soto
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Denny
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Denny is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denny
- Dowell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elkville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Grubbs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Grubbs is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubbs
- Hickory Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hickory Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corners
- Lake Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Creek is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Creek
- Mitchell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mitchell is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Plumfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Plumfield is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumfield
How Far From Old Du Quoin 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 community such as Old Du Quoin to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Old Du Quoin and extending to:
- Pinckneyville, which is the Seat of Perry County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Old Du Quoin to Pinckneyville, with an average speed<3> 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 127 miles [204.4 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 659 miles [1,060.6 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 6,431 miles [10,349.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,161 miles [11,524.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,039 miles [8,109.5 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- Old Du Quoin) 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 Old Du Quoin 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 Old Du Quoin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9751, Longitude: -89.1831 In this case, the coordinates for Old Du Quoin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.386 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.875 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.328 degrees. |
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