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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 Yuton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Yuton 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 Yuton:
- 40.531788, -89.060141
- 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 Yuton
- 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 McLean County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McLean County
- Since Yuton is near Woodford County and also Tazewell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Woodford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tazewell 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 Yuton
Curious and Interesting Names Near Yuton ...
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.
- Bowling Green ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bowling Green is located in Woodford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
- Burns
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Burns is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns
- Carlock
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Downs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Eagle Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Eagle Ridge is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Ridge
- Farmsville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Farmsville is located in Woodford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmsville
- Funks Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Funks Grove is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funks Grove
- Hedgewood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hedgewood is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgewood
- Lilly
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Normal
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Randolph
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Randolph is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Shamrock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shamrock is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
- Twin Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Twin Grove is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Grove
How Far From Yuton 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 Yuton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Yuton and extending to:
- Bloomington, which is the Seat of McLean County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 60 miles [96.6 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Yuton to Springfield, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 647 miles [1,041.2 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,300 miles [10,138.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,038 miles [11,326.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,921 miles [7,919.6 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Yuton) 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 Yuton 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 Yuton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5318, Longitude: -89.0601 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.375 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.215 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.638 degrees. |
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