Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in West Union, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Union and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for West Union
- 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 West Union:
- 39.215872, -87.666138
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on West Union
- 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 Clark County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Clark County
- Since West Union is near Crawford County and also Sullivan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Crawford County
- eBird sighting report for Sullivan 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named West Union ...
We found 22 communities that share the name West Union.
Within Illinois, the name West Union is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another 22 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Parke County
- This West Union is located in Parke County and lies 46 miles [74 km]<1> to the north northeast of the West Union that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Parke County community of West Union.
- Iowa
- Fayette County
- This West Union is located in Fayette County and lies 336 miles [540.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the West Union that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of West Union.
- Tama 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 Iowa community of West Union [Tama County].
- Kansas
- Norton 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 Kansas community of West Union [Norton County].
- Phillips County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of West Union [Phillips County].
- Washington County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of West Union [Washington County].
- Minnesota
- Carver County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Carver County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carver County community of West Union.
- Todd County
- This West Union is located in Todd County and lies 590 miles [949.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the West Union that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Todd County community of West Union.
- Mississippi
- Union 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 Mississippi community of West Union [Union County].
- Missouri
- Cass County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Cass County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of West Union.
- Nebraska
- Custer 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 Nebraska community of West Union [Custer County].
- New York
- Steuben County
- This West Union is located in Steuben County and lies 556 miles [894.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the West Union that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Steuben County community of West Union.
- Ohio
- Adams County
- This West Union is located in Adams County and lies 223 miles [358.9 km]<1> to the east of the West Union that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of West Union.
- Hancock 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 Ohio community of West Union [Hancock County].
- Monroe County
- This community is historic and although located in Monroe County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of West Union.
- Oregon
- Washington County
- This West Union is located in Washington County and lies 1,833 miles [2,949.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the West Union that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of West Union.
- Pennsylvania
- Greene County
- This West Union is located in Greene County and lies 397 miles [638.9 km]<1> to the east of the West Union that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of West Union.
- South Carolina
- Oconee County
- This West Union is located in Oconee County and lies 399 miles [642.1 km]<1> to the southeast of the West Union that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconee County community of West Union.
- Tennessee
- Shelby County
- This West Union is located in Shelby County and lies 294 miles [473.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the West Union that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of West Union.
- Weakley County
- This West Union is located in Weakley County and lies 208 miles [334.7 km] to the south southwest of the West Union that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weakley County community of West Union.
- West Virginia
- Doddridge County
- This West Union is located in Doddridge County and lies 368 miles [592.2 km]<1> to the east of the West Union that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Doddridge County community of West Union.
- Pocahontas County
- This West Union is located in Pocahontas County and lies 410 miles [659.8 km] to the east of the West Union that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pocahontas County community of West Union.
- Indiana
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Union ...
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.
- Allright
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Choctaw
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Darwin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Ernst
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Graysville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Graysville is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Narrows Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Narrows Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrows Ferry
- Narrows Ferry is located in Clark County
- Orange
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Prairie Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Creek
- Prairie Creek is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Riverview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Walnut Prairie
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Prairie
- Walnut Prairie is located in Clark County
How Far From West Union 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 community such as West Union to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in West Union and extending to:
- Marshall, which is the Seat of Clark County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from West Union to Marshall, 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 112 miles [180.2 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 570 miles [917.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,312 miles [10,158.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,043 miles [11,334.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,921 miles [7,919.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for West Union. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Clark County: www.clarkcountyil.org/
The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov
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- West Union) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in West Union. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2159, Longitude: -87.6661 In this case, the coordinates for West Union have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 West Union, 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 West Union 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 West Union to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.442 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.962 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.319 degrees. |