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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 Wyanet, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wyanet 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 Wyanet:
- 41.360598, -89.583066
- 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 Wyanet
- 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 Bureau County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bureau County
- Since Wyanet is near Stark County and also Marshall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stark County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall 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 Wyanet
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wyanet ...
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.
- Bureau Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bureau Junction is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bureau Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 297 people
- Bureau Junction has also been known as:
- Bureau
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bureau Junction <1>
- Coal Hollow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Coal Hollow is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hollow
- Dover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Greenoak
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Greenoak is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenoak
- Limerick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Limerick is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerick
- Lone Tree Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lone Tree Corners is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Tree Corners
- Mineral
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Morse ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Morse is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse
- Normandy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Normandy is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy
- Ohio
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Providence
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Providence is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Walnut
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
How Far From Wyanet 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 village such as Wyanet to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Wyanet and extending to:
- Princeton, which is the Seat of Bureau County, lies just to the East.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 109 miles [175.4 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Wyanet to Springfield, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 683 miles [1,099.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,279 miles [10,105.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,020 miles [11,297.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,905 miles [7,893.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wyanet) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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. |
| <4> | 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 Wyanet 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 Wyanet. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3606, Longitude: -89.5831 In this case, the coordinates for Wyanet have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.734 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.741 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.677 degrees. |
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