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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 Shakerag, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shakerag 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 Shakerag:
- 37.822272, -88.908958
- 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 Shakerag
- 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 Williamson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Williamson County
- Since Shakerag is near Franklin County and also Saline County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saline 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 Shakerag
Communities Also Named Shakerag ...
We found one communities that are also named Shakerag.
Within Illinois, the name Shakerag is unique.
Beyond Illinois, there is another community also named Shakerag in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Virginia
- Bath County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Shakerag [Bath County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Shakerag ...
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.
- Chittyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Chittyville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chittyville
- Dog Walk
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Dog Walk is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Walk
- Eden Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Eden Park is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Park
- Energy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Freeman Spur
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Freeman Spur is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Spur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 276 people
- Freeman Spur has also been known as:
- Freeman Spur village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Freeman Spur <2>
- Greenville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Greenville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Jenkins
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jenkins is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
- Lake Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Creek is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Creek
- Marion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Paineville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Paineville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paineville
- Plumfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Plumfield is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumfield
- Spillertown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Spillertown is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spillertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
How Far From Shakerag 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 Shakerag to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Shakerag and extending to:
- Marion, which is the Seat of Williamson County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 141 miles [226.9 km]<3> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Shakerag to Springfield, with an average speed<4>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 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 646 miles [1,039.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,428 miles [10,344.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,157 miles [11,518.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,035 miles [8,103 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Shakerag could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Shakerag) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Shakerag 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 Shakerag. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8223, Longitude: -88.9090 In this case, the coordinates for Shakerag have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.204 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.644 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.238 degrees. |
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