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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 Pauline, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pauline 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 Pauline:
- 40.127535, -88.005869
- 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 Pauline
- 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 Champaign County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Champaign County
- Since Pauline is near Vermilion County and also Douglas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Vermilion County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas 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 Pauline
Communities Also Named Pauline ...
We found eight communities that are also named Pauline.
Within Illinois, the name Pauline is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Franklin 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 Arkansas community of Pauline [Franklin County].
- Idaho
- Power County
- This Pauline is located in Power County and lies 1,279 miles [2,058.4 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Pauline that is located in Champaign County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Power County community of Pauline.
- Kansas
- Shawnee County
- This Pauline is located in Shawnee County and lies 416 miles [669.5 km]<2> to the west of the Pauline that is located in Champaign County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shawnee County community of Pauline.
- Missouri
- Pauline #
- 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 Missouri community of Pauline.
- Nebraska
- Adams County
- This Pauline is located in Adams County and lies 544 miles [875.5 km]<2> to the west of the Pauline that is located in Champaign County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Pauline.
- South Carolina
- Spartanburg County
- This Pauline is located in Spartanburg County and lies 496 miles [798.2 km]<2> to the southeast of the Pauline that is located in Champaign County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Pauline.
- Texas
- Hardeman 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 Texas community of Pauline [Hardeman County].
- Henderson County
- This Pauline is located in Henderson County and lies 699 miles [1,124.9 km]<2> to the southwest of the Pauline that is located in Champaign County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Pauline.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pauline ...
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.
- Dailey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Dailey is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
- Deers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Deers is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deers
- Flatville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Flatville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatville
- Glover
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Glover is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
- Homer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hope
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hope is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Mayview
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mayview is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayview
- Royal
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sellers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sellers is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sellers
How Far From Pauline 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 Pauline to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pauline and extending to:
- Urbana, which is the Seat of Champaign County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Pauline to Urbana, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 90 miles [144.8 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 590 miles [949.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,281 miles [10,108.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,015 miles [11,289.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,896 miles [7,879.3 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 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 Pauline 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pauline) 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 Pauline 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 Pauline. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1275, Longitude: -88.0059 In this case, the coordinates for Pauline have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.676 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.358 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.237 degrees. |
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