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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 Palmerton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Palmerton 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 Palmerton:
- 40.000604, -90.149007
- 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 Palmerton
- 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 Palmerton is near Mason County and also Menard County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mason County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Menard 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 Palmerton
Communities Also Named Palmerton ...
We found two communities that are also named Palmerton.
Within Illinois, the name Palmerton is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Fountain County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Palmerton [Fountain County].
- Pennsylvania
- Carbon County
- This Palmerton is located in Carbon County and lies 765 miles [1,231.1 km]<2> to the east of the Palmerton that is located in Cass County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carbon County community of Palmerton.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Palmerton ...
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.
- Bobtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bobtown is located in Menard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobtown
- Chandlerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Clear Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Clear Lake is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Gurney ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gurney is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurney
- Jordanville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Jordanville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordanville
- Jules
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jules is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jules
- Little Indian
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Little Indian is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Indian
- Virginia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wolf Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Wolf Lake is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lake
How Far From Palmerton 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 Palmerton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Palmerton and extending to:
- Virginia, which is the Seat of Cass County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Palmerton to Springfield, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two 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 702 miles [1,129.8 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,367 miles [10,246.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,105 miles [11,434.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,988 miles [8,027.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Palmerton 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Palmerton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Palmerton 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 Palmerton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0006, Longitude: -90.1490 In this case, the coordinates for Palmerton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.085 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.957 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.30 degrees. |
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