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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 Warrington, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Warrington 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 Warrington:
- 39.612813, -87.937533
- 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 Warrington
- 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 Edgar County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Edgar County
- Since Warrington is near Coles County and also Clark County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coles County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clark 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 Warrington
Communities Also Named Warrington ...
We found seven communities that are also named Warrington.
Within Illinois, the name Warrington is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Escambia County
- This Warrington is located in Escambia County and lies 638 miles [1,026.8 km]<1> to the south of the Warrington that is located in Edgar County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Escambia County community of Warrington.
- Indiana
- Hancock County
- This Warrington is located in Hancock County and lies 123 miles [197.9 km]<1> to the east of the Warrington that is located in Edgar County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Warrington.
- Maryland
- Calvert County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Warrington [Calvert County].
- New Jersey
- Warren County
- This Warrington is located in Warren County and lies 682 miles [1,097.6 km]<1> to the east of the Warrington that is located in Edgar County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Warrington.
- Pennsylvania
- Bucks County
- This Warrington is located in Bucks County and lies 678 miles [1,091.1 km]<1> to the east of the Warrington that is located in Edgar County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bucks County community of Warrington.
- South Carolina
- Kershaw County
- This Warrington is located in Kershaw County and lies 528 miles [849.7 km]<1> to the southeast of the Warrington that is located in Edgar County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kershaw County community of Warrington.
- South Dakota
- Turner County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Warrington [Turner County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Warrington ...
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.
- Catfish ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Catfish is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catfish
- Embarrass
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Embarrass is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Embarrass
- Grandview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Grandview is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Hindsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hughes
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hughes is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes
- Kansas
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Kings
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Kings is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings
- Mays
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mays is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays
- Paris
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
How Far From Warrington 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 Warrington to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Warrington and extending to:
- Paris, which is the Seat of Edgar County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Warrington to Paris, with an average speed<5> 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 91 miles [146.5 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 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 584 miles [939.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,303 miles [10,143.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,036 miles [11,323.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,915 miles [7,909.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Warrington) 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 Warrington, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Warrington 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Warrington 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 Warrington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6128, Longitude: -87.9375 In this case, the coordinates for Warrington have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.624 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.227 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.342 degrees. |
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