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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 Preemption, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Preemption 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 Preemption:
- 41.312812, -90.584580
- 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 Preemption
- 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 Mercer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer County
- Since Preemption is near Rock Island County and also Henry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rock Island 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 Preemption
Curious and Interesting Names Near Preemption ...
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.
- Cable
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cable is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cable
- Coal Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fruitland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Fruitland is located in Rock Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- Ginger Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ginger Hill is located in Rock Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginger Hill
- Griffin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Griffin is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Hamlet
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hamlet is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
- Lynn Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Martin ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Martin is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Oak Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove is located in Rock Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
- Orion
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Shale City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shale City is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shale City
- Sugar Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Grove is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Sunny Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sunny Hill is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Hill
- Walnut Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Walnut Grove is located in Scott County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
How Far From Preemption 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 Preemption to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Preemption and extending to:
- Aledo, which is the Seat of Mercer County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Preemption to Aledo, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 116 miles [186.7 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 733 miles [1,179.6 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,317 miles [10,166.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,060 miles [11,362 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,947 miles [7,961.4 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Preemption) 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 Preemption 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 Preemption. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3128, Longitude: -90.5846 In this case, the coordinates for Preemption have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.406 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.504 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.188 degrees. |
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