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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 Rennerville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rennerville 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 Rennerville:
- 39.456705, -88.807294
- 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 Rennerville
- 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 Shelby County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby County
- Since Rennerville is near Moultrie County and also Christian County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Moultrie County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Christian 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 Rennerville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rennerville ...
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.
- Assumption
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bethany
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bruce
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bruce is located in Moultrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
- Dunkel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Dunkel is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkel
- Kirksville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kirksville is located in Moultrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksville
- Mode
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mode is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mode
- Todds Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Todds Point is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todds Point
- Tower Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Rennerville 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 Rennerville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Rennerville and extending to:
- Shelbyville, which is the Seat of Shelby County, lies just to the South.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 50 miles [80.5 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Rennerville to Springfield, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 630 miles [1,013.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,344 miles [10,209.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,078 miles [11,390.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,958 miles [7,979.1 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' (or 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- Rennerville) 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 Rennerville 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 Rennerville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4567, Longitude: -88.8073 In this case, the coordinates for Rennerville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.188 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.851 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.793 degrees. |
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