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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 Whitton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Whitton 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 Whitton:
- 42.225851, -90.308462
- 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 Whitton
- 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 Jo Daviess County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jo Daviess County
- Since Whitton is near Jackson County and also Carroll County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll 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 Whitton
Communities Also Named Whitton ...
We found three communities that are also named Whitton.
Within Illinois, the name Whitton is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Mississippi County
- This Whitton is located in Mississippi County and lies 463 miles [745.1 km]<1> to the south of the Whitton that is located in Jo Daviess County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi County community of Whitton.
- Tennessee
- Hardin County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Whitton [Hardin County].
- Texas
- Van Zandt County
- This Whitton is located in Van Zandt County and lies 741 miles [1,192.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Whitton that is located in Jo Daviess County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Zandt County community of Whitton.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Whitton ...
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.
- Arnold
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Arnold is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Blackhawk
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Blackhawk is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhawk
- Elizabeth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Green Island
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Green Island is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Island
- Marcus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Marcus is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Pleasant Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Creek is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Creek
- Pleasant Hill ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Rice
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rice is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice
- Twin Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Twin Springs is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Springs
How Far From Whitton 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 Whitton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Whitton and extending to:
- Galena, which is the Seat of Jo Daviess County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Whitton to Galena, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 172 miles [276.8 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 732 miles [1,178 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,262 miles [10,077.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,006 miles [11,275.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,896 miles [7,879.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Whitton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Whitton 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Whitton 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 Whitton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2259, Longitude: -90.3085 In this case, the coordinates for Whitton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.231 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.43 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.812 degrees. |
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