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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 Saunemin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Saunemin 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 Saunemin:
- 40.893300, -88.405010
- 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 Saunemin
- 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 Livingston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Livingston County
- Since Saunemin is near Ford County and also Kankakee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kankakee 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 Saunemin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Saunemin ...
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.
- Blair
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Blair is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Campus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cereal
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cereal is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cereal
- Charlotte
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dwight
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Nevada
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Nevada is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada
- Piper City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Risk
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Risk is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Risk
- Rooks Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Rooks Creek is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rooks Creek
- Rugby
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rugby is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
- Wing
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
How Far From Saunemin 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 Saunemin to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Saunemin and extending to:
- Pontiac, which is the Seat of Livingston County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Saunemin to Pontiac, 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 southwest (SW). 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 617 miles [993 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,258 miles [10,071.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,996 miles [11,259 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,878 miles [7,850.4 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- Saunemin) 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 Saunemin 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 Saunemin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8933, Longitude: -88.4050 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.946 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.775 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.223 degrees. |
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