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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 Wartrace:
37.399355, -88.778691
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We found one communities that are also named Wartrace.
Within Illinois, the name Wartrace is unique.
Beyond Illinois, there is another community also named Wartrace in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Tennessee
Bedford County
This Wartrace is located in Bedford County and lies 187 miles [300.9 km]<1> to the southeast of the Wartrace that is located in Johnson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bedford County community of Wartrace.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wartrace ...
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 & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Wartrace to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wartrace and extending to:
Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 171 miles [275.2 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Wartrace to Springfield, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 645 miles [1,038 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 37 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,443 miles [10,369 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,171 miles [11,540.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,048 miles [8,124 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- Wartrace) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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<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.
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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 Wartrace 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 Wartrace. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3994, Longitude: -88.7787
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.103 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.47 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.277 degrees.