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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 Illmo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Illmo 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 Illmo:
- 37.219773, -89.508978
- 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 Illmo
- 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 Scott County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Scott County
- Since Illmo is near Alexander County and also Cape Girardeau County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Alexander County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cape Girardeau 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 Illmo
Curious and Interesting Names Near Illmo ...
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.
- Cedar Cliffs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cedar Cliffs is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Cliffs
- Commerce
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dutchtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Dutchtown is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
- Estimated population in 2018: 94 people
- Fayville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fayville is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayville
- Gale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gale is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gale
- Grays Point ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Grays Point is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Point
- Hilltop
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hilltop is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Kagel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Kagel is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kagel
- Olive Branch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Poor Farm ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Poor Farm is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poor Farm
- Rockview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rockview is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockview
- Tankville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tankville is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tankville
How Far From Illmo 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 Illmo to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Illmo and extending to:
- Benton, which is the Seat of Scott County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 172 miles [276.8 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Illmo to Jefferson City, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 687 miles [1,105.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). 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 6,480 miles [10,428.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,209 miles [11,601.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,087 miles [8,186.7 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 '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- Illmo) 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 Illmo 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 Illmo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2198, Longitude: -89.5090 In this case, the coordinates for Illmo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.564 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.976 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.648 degrees. |
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