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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 Pryortown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pryortown 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 Pryortown:
- 37.190329, -89.148686
- 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 Pryortown
- 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 Pulaski County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pulaski County
- Since Pryortown is near Ballard County and also Alexander County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ballard County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Alexander 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 Pryortown
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pryortown ...
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.
- America
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- America is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for America
- Cache
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Clank
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Clank is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clank
- Frog City ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Frog City is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog City
- Golden Lily
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Golden Lily is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Lily
- Grand Chain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Monkeys Eyebrow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Monkeys Eyebrow is located in Ballard County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monkeys Eyebrow
- Mound City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mounds
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mounds is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mounds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 666 people
- New Grand Chain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- New Grand Chain is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Grand Chain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Oscar
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Oscar is located in Ballard County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oscar
- Perks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Unity
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Pryortown 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 Pryortown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pryortown and extending to:
- Mound City, which is the Seat of Pulaski County, lies just to the South.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 181 miles [291.3 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Pryortown to Springfield, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 668 miles [1,075 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,468 miles [10,409.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,196 miles [11,580.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,073 miles [8,164.2 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pryortown) 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 Pryortown 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 Pryortown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1903, Longitude: -89.1487 In this case, the coordinates for Pryortown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.331 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.704 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.492 degrees. |
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