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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 Sammons Point, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sammons Point 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 Sammons Point:
- 41.034092, -87.862782
- 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 Sammons Point
- 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 Sammons Point is near Iroquois County and also Ford 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 Ford 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 Sammons Point
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sammons Point ...
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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dickeys
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Dickeys is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeys
- Greenwich
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwich is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- Indian Oaks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Indian Oaks is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Oaks
- Irwin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Irwin is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Limestone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Limestone is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,498 people
- Otto
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Otto is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otto
- Pilot Center ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Pilot Center is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Center
- Sugar Island
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Island is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Island
How Far From Sammons Point 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 Sammons Point to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sammons Point and extending to:
- Kankakee, which is the Seat of Kankakee County, lies just to the North.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 127 miles [204.4 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Sammons Point to Springfield, with an average speed<3>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 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 591 miles [951.1 km] to the east (E). 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 6,232 miles [10,029.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,968 miles [11,213.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,850 miles [7,805.3 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- Sammons Point) 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 Sammons Point 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 Sammons Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0341, Longitude: -87.8628 In this case, the coordinates for Sammons Point have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.589 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.386 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.92 degrees. |
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