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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 Tolono, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tolono 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 Tolono:
- 39.986364, -88.261769
- 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 Tolono
- 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 Tolono is near Douglas County and also Piatt County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Piatt 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 Tolono
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tolono ...
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.
- Block
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Block is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Block
- Bondville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chicken Bristle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Deers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Deers is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deers
- Ficklin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hillcrest
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hillcrest is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Jimtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jimtown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
- Longview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mayview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Meadowview
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Meadowview is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
- Rising
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Rising is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising
How Far From Tolono 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 village such as Tolono to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tolono and extending to:
- Urbana, which is the Seat of Champaign County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Tolono to Urbana, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 75 miles [120.7 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 most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 602 miles [968.8 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 6,297 miles [10,134 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,032 miles [11,316.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,912 miles [7,905.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Tolono) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Tolono 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 Tolono. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9864, Longitude: -88.2618 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.841 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.528 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.397 degrees. |
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