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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 Cereal, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cereal 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 Cereal:
- 40.708368, -88.351163
- 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 Cereal
- 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 Cereal is near Ford County and also McLean 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 McLean 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 Cereal
Communities Also Named Cereal ...
We found four communities that are also named Cereal.
Within Illinois, the name Cereal is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alberta
- This Cereal lies 1,296 miles [2,085.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Cereal that is located in Livingston County.
- Minnesota
- Watonwan 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 Minnesota community of Cereal [Watonwan County].
- Pennsylvania
- Westmoreland County
- This Cereal is located in Westmoreland County and lies 453 miles [729 km]<1> to the east of the Cereal that is located in Livingston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Cereal.
- Texas
- Floyd County
- This Cereal is located in Floyd County and lies 848 miles [1,364.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Cereal that is located in Livingston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of Cereal.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cereal ...
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.
- Anchor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Charlotte
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Charlotte is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte
- Derby
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Derby is located in Ford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Melvin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Piper City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Risk
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Risk is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Risk
- Rugby
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rugby is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
- Wing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wing is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wing
How Far From Cereal 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 community such as Cereal to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cereal and extending to:
- Pontiac, which is the Seat of Livingston County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cereal 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 93 miles [149.7 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 612 miles [984.9 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 6,265 miles [10,082.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,002 miles [11,268.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,884 miles [7,860 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cereal) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 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 Cereal 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> | 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 Cereal 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 Cereal. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7084, Longitude: -88.3512 In this case, the coordinates for Cereal have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.909 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.706 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.247 degrees. |
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