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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 Stone Church, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stone Church 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 Stone Church:
- 38.350310, -89.625478
- 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 Stone Church
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since Stone Church is near Saint Clair County and also Clinton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Clair County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clinton 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 Stone Church
Communities Also Named Stone Church ...
We found four communities that are also named Stone Church.
Within Illinois, the name Stone Church is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Catoosa County
- This Stone Church is located in Catoosa County and lies 346 miles [556.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Stone Church that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Catoosa County community of Stone Church.
- New Jersey
- Monmouth County
- This Stone Church is located in Monmouth County and lies 843 miles [1,356.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Stone Church that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monmouth County community of Stone Church.
- New York
- Genesee County
- This Stone Church is located in Genesee County and lies 690 miles [1,110.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Stone Church that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Genesee County community of Stone Church.
- Pennsylvania
- Northampton County
- This Stone Church is located in Northampton County and lies 789 miles [1,269.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Stone Church that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northampton County community of Stone Church.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stone Church ...
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.
- Breese
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Eden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Eden is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Freeburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Frogtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Frogtown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
- Layfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Layfield is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layfield
- Lively Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lively Grove is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lively Grove
- Plum Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Plum Hill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Hill
- Posey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rice
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rice is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice
- Todds Mill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Todds Mill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todds Mill
How Far From Stone Church 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 Stone Church to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Stone Church and extending to:
- Nashville, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Stone Church to Nashville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 98 miles [157.7 km] to the north (N). 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 679 miles [1,092.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,429 miles [10,346.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,162 miles [11,526.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,041 miles [8,112.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Stone Church) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Stone Church 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 Stone Church. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3503, Longitude: -89.6255 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.688 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.273 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.445 degrees. |
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