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 Temple Hill:
37.307276, -88.630327
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 Temple Hill
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 Pope County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found six communities that are also named Temple Hill.
Within Illinois, the name Temple Hill is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Iowa
Jones County
This Temple Hill is located in Jones County and lies 361 miles [581 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Temple Hill that is located in Pope County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jones County community of Temple Hill.
Kentucky
Barren County
This Temple Hill is located in Barren County and lies 156 miles [251.1 km]<1> to the east of the Temple Hill that is located in Pope County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barren County community of Temple Hill.
Ohio
Columbiana County
This community is historic<2> and although located in Columbiana County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbiana County community of Temple Hill.
Ontario
This Temple Hill lies 646 miles [1,039.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Temple Hill that is located in Pope County.
Tennessee
Unicoi County
This Temple Hill is located in Unicoi County and lies 350 miles [563.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Temple Hill that is located in Pope County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Unicoi County community of Temple Hill.
Virginia
Russell County
This Temple Hill is located in Russell County and lies 351 miles [564.9 km]<1> to the east of the Temple Hill that is located in Pope County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Russell County community of Temple Hill.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Temple Hill ...
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.
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 Temple Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Temple Hill and extending to:
Golconda, which is the Seat of Pope County, lies just to the East Northeast.
Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 179 miles [288.1 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Temple Hill to Springfield, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 639 miles [1,028.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 37 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,442 miles [10,367.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,169 miles [11,537.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,046 miles [8,120.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Temple Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Temple Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Temple Hill 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 Temple Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3073, Longitude: -88.6303 In this case, the coordinates for Temple Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.005 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.344 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.232 degrees.