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 Yellow Banks:
40.730318, -91.081255
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 Yellow Banks
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 Henderson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found two communities that are also named Yellow Banks.
Within Illinois, the name Yellow Banks is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Poinsett County
This Yellow Banks is located in Poinsett County and lies 363 miles [584.2 km]<1> to the south of the Yellow Banks that is located in Henderson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Poinsett County community of Yellow Banks.
Utah
Beaver County
This Yellow Banks is located in Beaver County and lies 1,173 miles [1,887.8 km]<1> to the west of the Yellow Banks that is located in Henderson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaver County community of Yellow Banks.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Yellow Banks ...
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 Yellow Banks to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Yellow Banks and extending to:
Oquawka, which is the Seat of Henderson County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Yellow Banks to Oquawka, with an average speed<2> 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 five to six hours.
Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 99 miles [159.3 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 754 miles [1,213.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,364 miles [10,241.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,106 miles [11,436 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,993 miles [8,035.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Yellow Banks) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 Yellow Banks 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 Yellow Banks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7303, Longitude: -91.0813 In this case, the coordinates for Yellow Banks have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.728 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.794 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.579 degrees.