Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Amity, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Amity and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Amity
- 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 Amity:
- 38.776336, -87.927419
- 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 Amity
- 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 Richland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Richland County
- Since Amity is near Lawrence County and also Crawford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
- eBird sighting report for Crawford 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 Amity ...
We found 24 communities that share the name Amity.
Within Illinois, the name Amity is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another 24 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Clark County
- This Amity is located in Clark County and lies 437 miles [703.3 km]<2> to the southwest of the Amity that is located in Richland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Amity.
- Howard County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Amity [Howard County].
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Georgia
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Missouri
- New York
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Hamilton County
- This Amity is located in Hamilton County and lies 191 miles [307.4 km]<2> to the east of the Amity that is located in Richland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Amity.
- Knox County
- This Amity is located in Knox County and lies 317 miles [510.2 km] to the east northeast of the Amity that is located in Richland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Amity.
- Madison County
- This Amity is located in Madison County and lies 264 miles [424.9 km] to the east northeast of the Amity that is located in Richland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Amity.
- Mahoning County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Mahoning County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mahoning County community of Amity.
- Montgomery County
- This Amity is located in Montgomery County and lies 202 miles [325.1 km] to the east northeast of the Amity that is located in Richland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Amity.
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Bucks County
- This Amity is located in Bucks County and lies 682 miles [1,097.6 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Amity that is located in Richland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bucks County community of Amity.
- Washington County
- This Amity is located in Washington County and lies 420 miles [675.9 km] to the east northeast of the Amity that is located in Richland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Amity.
- Tennessee
- Texas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Amity ...
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.
- Birds
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds
- Birds is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Birds <4>
- Boos
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest) - Charlottsville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Charlottsville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlottsville
- Charlottsville is located in Lawrence County
- Elbow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest) - Grays Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grays Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Corner
- Grays Corner is located in Lawrence County
- Helena
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Oblong
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oblong
- Oblong is located in Crawford County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,357 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oblong <4>
- Oil Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Center
- Oil Center is located in Crawford County
- Pinkstaff
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east) - Riddleville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riddleville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddleville
- Riddleville is located in Crawford County
- Stringtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stringtown have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Stringtown is located in Richland County
- Willow Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Hill
- Willow Hill is located in Jasper County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Willow Hill <4>
How Far From Amity 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 Amity to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Amity and extending to:
- Olney, which is the Seat of Richland County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Amity to Olney, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 115 miles [185.1 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 585 miles [941.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,343 miles [10,208.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,074 miles [11,384.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,952 miles [7,969.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Amity. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Amity 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. |
| <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- Amity) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Amity. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7763, Longitude: -87.9274 In this case, the coordinates for Amity have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Amity, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Amity to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.601 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.083 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.554 degrees. |