Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Sloan Station, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sloan Station and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Sloan Station

• 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 Sloan Station:
  • 39.955032, -88.407001
  • 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 Sloan Station

• 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 Champaign County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Champaign County
  • Since Sloan Station is near Piatt County and also Douglas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Piatt County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas 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 Sloan Station

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sloan Station ...

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.

• Bondville
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Bondville is located in Champaign County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bondville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 429 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bondville <1>
• Bourbon
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Bourbon is located in Douglas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourbon
• Centerville
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Centerville is located in Piatt County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
• Chicken Bristle
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Chicken Bristle is located in Douglas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicken Bristle
• Ficklin
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Ficklin is located in Douglas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ficklin
• Hillcrest
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Hillcrest is located in Douglas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
• Jimtown
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jimtown is located in Champaign County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
• Lodge
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Lodge is located in Piatt County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodge
• Mackville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Mackville is located in Piatt County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackville
• Meadowview
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Meadowview is located in Douglas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
• Rising
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Rising is located in Champaign County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising

How Far From Sloan Station to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Sloan Station to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sloan Station and extending to:

• Urbana, which is the Seat of Champaign County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sloan Station to Urbana, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
• Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 67 miles [107.8 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 610 miles [981.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,304 miles [10,145.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,039 miles [11,328.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,920 miles [7,918 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'