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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 Talbott, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Talbott 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 Talbott:
- 40.513082, -89.786495
- 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 Talbott
- 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 Tazewell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tazewell County
- Since Talbott is near Peoria County and also Fulton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Peoria County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton 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 Talbott
Communities Also Named Talbott ...
We found three communities that are also named Talbott.
Within Illinois, the name Talbott is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Fresno 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 California community of Talbott [Fresno County].
- Tennessee
- Jefferson County
- This Talbott is located in Jefferson County and lies 457 miles [735.5 km]<2> to the southeast of the Talbott that is located in Tazewell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Talbott.
- West Virginia
- Barbour County
- This Talbott is located in Barbour County and lies 529 miles [851.3 km]<2> to the east of the Talbott that is located in Tazewell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barbour County community of Talbott.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Talbott ...
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.
- Bishop
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Bishop is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Breeds
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Crescent
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Eden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Eden is located in Peoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Forest City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Forest City is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Goofy Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Green Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grove is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Kickapoo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kickapoo is located in Peoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kickapoo
- Orchard Mines
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Orchard Mines is located in Peoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Mines
- Union
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Village Square
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Village Square is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Square
How Far From Talbott 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 Talbott to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Talbott and extending to:
- Pekin, which is the Seat of Tazewell County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 50 miles [80.5 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Talbott to Springfield, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 685 miles [1,102.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,328 miles [10,183.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,067 miles [11,373.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,951 miles [7,967.9 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Talbott 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Talbott) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Talbott 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 Talbott. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5131, Longitude: -89.7865 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.856 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.764 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.996 degrees. |
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