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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 VIshnu Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to VIshnu Springs 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 VIshnu Springs:
- 40.43193, -90.893789
- 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 VIshnu Springs
- 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 McDonough County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McDonough County
- Since VIshnu Springs is near Hancock County and also Schuyler County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Schuyler 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 VIshnu Springs
Curious and Interesting Names Near VIshnu Springs ...
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.
- Fountain Green
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hills Grove ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hills Grove is located in McDonough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Grove
- La Crosse
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- La Crosse is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Crosse
- Little Ireland ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Little Ireland is located in McDonough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Ireland
- Middle Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Middle Creek is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Creek
- Plymouth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ragtown ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ragtown is located in McDonough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragtown
- Spring Creek Settlement ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tennessee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
How Far From VIshnu Springs 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 VIshnu Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of VIshnu Springs once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in VIshnu Springs and extending to:
- Macomb, which is the Seat of McDonough County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from VIshnu Springs to Macomb, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 79 miles [127.1 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 743 miles [1,195.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 43 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,372 miles [10,254.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,113 miles [11,447.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,999 miles [8,045.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 VIshnu Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- VIshnu Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 VIshnu Springs 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 VIshnu Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4319, Longitude: -90.8938 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.594 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.60 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.559 degrees. |
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