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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 Campus, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Campus 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 Campus:
- 41.024778, -88.307285
- 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 Campus
- 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 Livingston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Livingston County
- Since Campus is near Ford County and also Kankakee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kankakee 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 Campus
Communities Also Named Campus ...
We found three communities that are also named Campus.
Within Illinois, the name Campus is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Gove County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Campus [Gove County].
- Ohio
- Columbiana County
- This Campus is located in Columbiana County and lies 399 miles [642.1 km]<2> to the east of the Campus that is located in Livingston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbiana County community of Campus.
- West Virginia
- Wyoming County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Campus [Wyoming County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Campus ...
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.
- Blair
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Blair is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Charlotte
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Charlotte is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte
- Dickeys
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Dickeys is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeys
- Dwight
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nevada
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Nevada is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada
- Pilot Center ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Pilot Center is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Center
- Rugby
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rugby is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
- Union Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Wing is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wing
How Far From Campus 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 Campus to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Campus and extending to:
- Pontiac, which is the Seat of Livingston County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Campus to Pontiac, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 111 miles [178.6 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 613 miles [986.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,248 miles [10,055.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,986 miles [11,242.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,869 miles [7,835.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Campus 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Campus) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Campus 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 Campus. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0248, Longitude: -88.3073 In this case, the coordinates for Campus have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.882 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.72 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.14 degrees. |
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