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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 Richview, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Richview 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 Richview:
- 38.378626, -89.180002
- 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 Richview
- 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 Richview is near Jefferson County and also Clinton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Richview
Curious and Interesting Names Near Richview ...
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.
- Dareville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Drivers
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Drivers is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drivers
- Huey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Junction City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Junction City is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 468 people
- Posey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pyramid
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pyramid is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyramid
- Rice
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rice is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice
- Roaches
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Todds Mill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Todds Mill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todds Mill
- Walnut Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Woodlawn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Richview 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 village such as Richview to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Richview and extending to:
- Nashville, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Richview to Nashville, 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 100 miles [160.9 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 655 miles [1,054.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, 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 6,411 miles [10,317.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,143 miles [11,495.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,021 miles [8,080.5 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Richview) 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 Richview 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 Richview. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3786, Longitude: -89.1800 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.399 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.945 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.231 degrees. |
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