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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 Schapville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Schapville 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 Schapville:
- 42.396954, -90.205405
- 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 Schapville
- 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 Jo Daviess County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jo Daviess County
- Since Schapville is near Lafayette County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lafayette County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Schapville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Schapville ...
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.
- Council Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Council Hill is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Council Hill
- Elizabeth
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Elmoville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elmoville is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmoville
- Galena
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Galena Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Galena Junction is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Junction
- New Diggings
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Diggings is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Diggings
- Pitcherville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Pitcherville is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitcherville
- Pleasant Hill ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Portage
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Portage is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Rice
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rice is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice
- Scales Mound
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sweet Home ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sweet Home is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Home
How Far From Schapville 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 community such as Schapville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Schapville and extending to:
- Galena, which is the Seat of Jo Daviess County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Schapville to Galena, 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 182 miles [292.9 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 730 miles [1,174.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,249 miles [10,056.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,994 miles [11,255.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,884 miles [7,860 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- Schapville) 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 Schapville 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 Schapville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3970, Longitude: -90.2054 In this case, the coordinates for Schapville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.163 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.375 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.714 degrees. |
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