Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Saline Valley Store, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Saline Valley Store and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Saline Valley Store
- 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 Saline Valley Store:
- 37.673381, -88.498937
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Saline Valley Store
- 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 Saline County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Saline County
- Since Saline Valley Store is near Pope County and also Gallatin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Pope County
- eBird sighting report for Gallatin 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:
- Waymark.com
Curious and Interesting Names Near Saline Valley Store ...
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.
- Cottage Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
- Cottage Grove is located in Saline County
- Derby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Dorrisville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dorrisville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorrisville
- Dorrisville is located in Saline County
- Eagle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Garden Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Heights
- Garden Heights is located in Saline County
- Harrisburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Harrisburg is located in Saline County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,404 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harrisburg <2>
- Horseshoe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Liberty
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Liberty is located in Saline County
- Muddy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muddy
- Muddy is located in Saline County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Muddy <2>
How Far From Saline Valley Store 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 Saline Valley Store to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Saline Valley Store once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Saline Valley Store and extending to:
- Harrisburg, which is the Seat of Saline County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 158 miles [254.3 km]<4> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Saline Valley Store to Springfield, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 626 miles [1,007.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,419 miles [10,330.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,147 miles [11,502 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,024 miles [8,085.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Saline Valley Store, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Saline Valley Store) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Saline Valley Store. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6734, Longitude: -88.4989 In this case, the coordinates for Saline Valley Store have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Saline Valley Store to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.935 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.314 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.087 degrees. |