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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 Yeoward Addition, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Yeoward Addition 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 Yeoward Addition:
- 41.758087, -89.660662
- 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 Yeoward Addition
- 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 Whiteside County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Whiteside County
- Since Yeoward Addition is near Lee County and also Ogle County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ogle 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 Yeoward Addition
Curious and Interesting Names Near Yeoward Addition ...
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.
- Deer Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lincoln Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln Heights is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
- Nelson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Normandy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Normandy is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy
- Prairieville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Prairieville is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieville
- Rock Falls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Round Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Round Grove is located in Whiteside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Grove
- Walnut
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Woodland Shores
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Woodland Shores is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Shores
How Far From Yeoward Addition 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 Yeoward Addition to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Yeoward Addition and extending to:
- Morrison, which is the Seat of Whiteside County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Yeoward Addition to Morrison, with an average speed<3> 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 136 miles [218.9 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 692 miles [1,113.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 40 days.
- The shortest distance<4> 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).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,004 miles [11,271.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,891 miles [7,871.3 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' (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- Yeoward Addition) 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 Yeoward Addition 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 Yeoward Addition. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7581, Longitude: -89.6607 In this case, the coordinates for Yeoward Addition have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.79 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.86 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.61 degrees. |
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