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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 Shawneetown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Old Shawneetown 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 Shawneetown:
- 37.697145, -88.138824
- 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 Shawneetown
- 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 Gallatin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gallatin County
- Since Old Shawneetown is near Union County and also Hardin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hardin 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 Shawneetown
Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Shawneetown ...
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.
- Caseyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Caseyville is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caseyville
- Equality
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lamb
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lamb is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb
- Oak Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Posey County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Rock Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Creek is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Saline Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Saline Landing is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline Landing
- Saline Rocks Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saline Rocks Ferry is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline Rocks Ferry
- Saline Tip Ferry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Saline Tip Ferry is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline Tip Ferry
- Sparks Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sparks Hill is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks Hill
- Spring Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Spring Grove is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Uniontown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Uniontown is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
How Far From Old Shawneetown 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 village such as Old Shawneetown 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 Shawneetown and extending to:
- Shawneetown, which is the Seat of Gallatin County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 165 miles [265.5 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Old Shawneetown to Springfield, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 606 miles [975.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,404 miles [10,306.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,131 miles [11,476.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,008 miles [8,059.6 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Old Shawneetown) 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 Shawneetown 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 Shawneetown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6971, Longitude: -88.1388 In this case, the coordinates for Old Shawneetown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.706 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.053 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.918 degrees. |
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