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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 Princeton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Old Princeton 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 Princeton:
- 39.878053, -90.164378
- 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 Princeton
- 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 Cass County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cass County
- Since Old Princeton is near Morgan County and also Sangamon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sangamon 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 Princeton
Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Princeton ...
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.
- Arnold
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Gurney ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jordanville ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jordanville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordanville
- Joy Prairie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Joy Prairie is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy Prairie
- Jules
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Little Indian
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Little Indian is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Indian
- Portuguese Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Portuguese Hill is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portuguese Hill
- Savage ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Savage is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage
- Virginia
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Old Princeton 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 Old Princeton 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 Princeton and extending to:
- Virginia, which is the Seat of Cass County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Old Princeton to Springfield, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 703 miles [1,131.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,373 miles [10,256.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,112 miles [11,445.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,994 miles [8,037.1 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Old Princeton) 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 Princeton 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 Princeton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8781, Longitude: -90.1644 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.092 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.948 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.337 degrees. |
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