Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Allenville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Allenville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Allenville
- 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 Allenville:
- 39.558661, -88.538908
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Allenville
- 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 Moultrie County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Moultrie County
- Since Allenville is near Coles County and also Shelby County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Coles County
- eBird sighting report for Shelby 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Allenville ...
We found nine communities that share the name Allenville.
Within Illinois, the name Allenville is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Hale County
- This Allenville is located in Hale County and lies 490 miles [788.6 km]<1> to the south of the Allenville that is located in Moultrie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hale County community of Allenville.
- Marengo County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Allenville [Marengo County].
- Mobile County
- This Allenville is located in Mobile County and lies 612 miles [984.9 km] to the south of the Allenville that is located in Moultrie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mobile County community of Allenville.
- Arizona
- Maricopa County
- This Allenville is located in Maricopa County and lies 1,397 miles [2,248.3 km]<1> to the west of the Allenville that is located in Moultrie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maricopa County community of Allenville.
- Georgia
- Berrien County
- This Allenville is located in Berrien County and lies 654 miles [1,052.5 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Allenville that is located in Moultrie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berrien County community of Allenville.
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- This Allenville is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 642 miles [1,033.2 km]<1> to the east of the Allenville that is located in Moultrie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Allenville.
- Michigan
- Mackinac County
- This Allenville is located in Mackinac County and lies 481 miles [774.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Allenville that is located in Moultrie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mackinac County community of Allenville.
- Missouri
- Cape Girardeau County
- This Allenville is located in Cape Girardeau County and lies 174 miles [280 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Allenville that is located in Moultrie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cape Girardeau County community of Allenville.
- Wisconsin
- Winnebago County
- This Allenville is located in Winnebago County and lies 315 miles [506.9 km]<1> to the north of the Allenville that is located in Moultrie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winnebago County community of Allenville.
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Allenville ...
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.
- Arthur
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arthur have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Arthur is located in Douglas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,192 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arthur <4>
- Bethany
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bethany have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Bethany is located in Moultrie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,210 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bethany <4>
- Bruce
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Chipps
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Cooks Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Mills
- Cooks Mills is located in Coles County
- Fuller
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Gays
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gays have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays
- Gays is located in Moultrie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gays <4>
- Humboldt
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt
- Humboldt is located in Coles County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 414 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Humboldt <4>
- Kirksville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kirksville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksville
- Kirksville is located in Moultrie County
- Magnet
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnet
- Magnet is located in Coles County
- Paradise
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast) - Rolling Green
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rolling Green have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Green
- Rolling Green is located in Coles County
- Todds Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Todds Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todds Point
- Todds Point is located in Shelby County
How Far From Allenville to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a village such as Allenville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Allenville and extending to:
- Sullivan, which is the Seat of Moultrie County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 61 miles [98.2 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Allenville to Springfield, with an average speed<5> 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 616 miles [991.4 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 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,329 miles [10,185.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,063 miles [11,366.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,942 miles [7,953.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Allenville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Allenville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Allenville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5587, Longitude: -88.5389 In this case, the coordinates for Allenville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Allenville could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Allenville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.015 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.667 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.64 degrees. |