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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 Wanborough, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wanborough 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 Wanborough:
- 38.378659, -88.091703
- 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 Wanborough
- 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 Edwards County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Edwards County
- Since Wanborough is near Wayne County and also Wabash County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wabash 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 Wanborough
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wanborough ...
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.
- Bone Gap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Burnt Prairie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Centerville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Golden Gate
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Grayville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Maple Grove is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Marion
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Marion is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Maud
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Maud is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maud
- Red Top
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Red Top is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Top
- Samsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Samsville is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samsville
- Toms Prairie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Toms Prairie is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toms Prairie
How Far From Wanborough to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Wanborough 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 Wanborough once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Wanborough and extending to:
- Albion, which is the Seat of Edwards County, lies just to the East.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 128 miles [206 km]<3> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Wanborough to Springfield, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 596 miles [959.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,369 miles [10,249.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,098 miles [11,423.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,976 miles [8,008.1 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 Wanborough, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wanborough) 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 Wanborough 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 Wanborough. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3787, Longitude: -88.0917 In this case, the coordinates for Wanborough have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.697 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.138 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.73 degrees. |
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