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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 Bakerville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bakerville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Bakerville:
    • 40.063097, -89.196756
    • 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 Bakerville
  • 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 Bakerville ...

We found seven communities that share the name Bakerville.

There is one other community in Illinois which is also named Bakerville.

Beyond Illinois, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Illinois ...
    • Jefferson County
      • This Bakerville is located in Jefferson County and lies 125 miles [201.2 km]<1> to the south of the Bakerville that is located in Logan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Bakerville.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Cochise County
      • This Bakerville is located in Cochise County and lies 1,299 miles [2,090.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Bakerville that is located in Logan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cochise County community of Bakerville.
    • Colorado
      • Clear Creek County
      • This Bakerville is located in Clear Creek County and lies 879 miles [1,414.6 km]<1> to the west of the Bakerville that is located in Logan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clear Creek County community of Bakerville.
    • Missouri
      • Pemiscot County
      • This Bakerville is located in Pemiscot County and lies 267 miles [429.7 km]<1> to the south of the Bakerville that is located in Logan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pemiscot County community of Bakerville.
    • South Dakota
      • Custer 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 South Dakota community of Bakerville [Custer County].
    • Tennessee
      • Humphreys County
      • This Bakerville is located in Humphreys County and lies 293 miles [471.5 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Bakerville that is located in Logan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Humphreys County community of Bakerville.
    • Wisconsin
      • Wood County
      • This Bakerville is located in Wood County and lies 319 miles [513.4 km]<1> to the north of the Bakerville that is located in Logan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Bakerville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bakerville ...

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.

  • Bell
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell
    • Bell is located in Logan County
  • Chestervale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestervale
    • Chestervale is located in Logan County
  • Chestnut
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Cornland
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Evans
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
    • Evans is located in Logan County
  • Hallsville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsville
    • Hallsville is located in De Witt County
  • Jenkins
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jenkins have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
    • Jenkins is located in De Witt County
  • Lake Fork
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Lawndale
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lawndale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawndale
    • Lawndale is located in Logan County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lawndale <3>
  • Lincoln
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)

How Far From Bakerville 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 Bakerville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bakerville and extending to:

  • Lincoln, which is the Seat of Logan County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bakerville to Lincoln, with an average speed<5> 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 30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest (SW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 652 miles [1,049.3 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,328 miles [10,183.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,065 miles [11,370 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,947 miles [7,961.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bakerville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Logan County: www.co.logan.il.us/

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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bakerville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bakerville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0631, Longitude: -89.1968       In this case, the coordinates for Bakerville 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 Bakerville 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<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 Bakerville 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 315.457 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.244 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.825 degrees.




 

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