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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 Port Byron, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Port Byron 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 Port Byron:
- 41.607581, -90.335052
- 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 Port Byron
- 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 Rock Island County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rock Island County
- Since Port Byron is near Scott County and also Henry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Scott County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Henry 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 Port Byron
Communities Also Named Port Byron ...
We found two communities that are also named Port Byron.
Within Illinois, the name Port Byron is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Sheridan 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 Kansas community of Port Byron [Sheridan County].
- New York
- Cayuga County
- This Port Byron is located in Cayuga County and lies 705 miles [1,134.6 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Port Byron that is located in Rock Island County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cayuga County community of Port Byron.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Port Byron ...
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.
- Carbon Cliff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cedar Brook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Brook is located in Rock Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Brook
- Great Oaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Great Oaks is located in Scott County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Oaks
- Green River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Green River is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green River
- Green Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Green Rock is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Rock
- Hickory Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Hills is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Panorama Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Panorama Park is located in Scott County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Rapids City
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Shady Beach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Shady Beach is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Beach
How Far From Port Byron to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a village such as Port Byron to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Port Byron and extending to:
- Rock Island, which is the Seat of Rock Island County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Port Byron to Rock Island, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 130 miles [209.2 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 724 miles [1,165.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,293 miles [10,127.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,036 miles [11,323.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,924 miles [7,924.4 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 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 Port Byron 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Port Byron) 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 Port Byron 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 Port Byron. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6076, Longitude: -90.3351 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.243 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.357 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.987 degrees. |
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