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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 Plum Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Plum Hill 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 Plum Hill:
- 38.362828, -89.508700
- 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 Plum Hill
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since Plum Hill is near Saint Clair County and also Clinton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Clair County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clinton 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 Plum Hill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Plum Hill ...
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.
- Breese
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Eden
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Eden is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Frogtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Frogtown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
- Layfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Layfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layfield
- Lively Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lively Grove is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lively Grove
- Posey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Posey is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Posey
- Pyramid
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Pyramid is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyramid
- Rice
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rice is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice
- Richview
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Stone Church
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Stone Church is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Church
- Todds Mill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Todds Mill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todds Mill
How Far From Plum Hill 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 Plum Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Plum Hill and extending to:
- Nashville, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies just to the East.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 98 miles [157.7 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Plum Hill to Springfield, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 673 miles [1,083.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,424 miles [10,338.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,156 miles [11,516.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,035 miles [8,103 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 '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- Plum Hill) 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 Plum Hill 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 Plum Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3628, Longitude: -89.5087 In this case, the coordinates for Plum Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.612 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.188 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.388 degrees. |
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