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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 Saint Anne, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Saint Anne 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 Saint Anne:
- 41.023815, -87.718879
- 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 Saint Anne
- 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 Kankakee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kankakee County
- Since Saint Anne is near Iroquois County and also Newton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Iroquois County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Newton 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 Saint Anne
Communities Also Named Saint Anne ...
We found one communities that are also named Saint Anne.
Within Illinois, the name Saint Anne is unique.
Beyond Illinois, there is another community also named Saint Anne in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Harford County
- This Saint Anne is located in Harford County and lies 606 miles [975.3 km]<1> to the east of the Saint Anne that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Saint Anne.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Saint Anne ...
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.
- Aroma Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Beaverville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Donovan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Freedville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Freedville is located in Iroquois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedville
- Garden of Eden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Garden of Eden is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden of Eden
- Greenwich
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwich is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- Leesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Leesville is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Log Cabin Camp
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Log Cabin Camp is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Cabin Camp
- Otto
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Otto is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otto
- River
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- River is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River
- Shadow Lawn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shadow Lawn is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow Lawn
- Sugar Island
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sugar Island is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Island
How Far From Saint Anne 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 village such as Saint Anne to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Saint Anne and extending to:
- Kankakee, which is the Seat of Kankakee County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Saint Anne to Kankakee, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 132 miles [212.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 583 miles [938.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,227 miles [10,021.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,963 miles [11,205.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,845 miles [7,797.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Saint Anne) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Saint Anne 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 Saint Anne. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0238, Longitude: -87.7189 In this case, the coordinates for Saint Anne have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.494 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.277 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.853 degrees. |
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