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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 Crescent City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Crescent City 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 Crescent City:
- 40.771847, -87.856301
- 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 Crescent City
- 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 Iroquois County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Iroquois County
- Since Crescent City is near Kankakee County and also Ford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kankakee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ford 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 Crescent City
Communities Also Named Crescent City ...
We found three communities that are also named Crescent City.
Within Illinois, the name Crescent City is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Del Norte County
- This Crescent City is located in Del Norte County and lies 1,873 miles [3,014.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Crescent City that is located in Iroquois County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Del Norte County community of Crescent City.
- Florida
- Putnam County
- This Crescent City is located in Putnam County and lies 860 miles [1,384 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Crescent City that is located in Iroquois County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Crescent City.
- Montana
- Mineral County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Crescent City [Mineral County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Crescent City ...
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.
- Beaverville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Donovan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fountain Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Fountain Creek is located in Iroquois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Creek
- Freedville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Freedville is located in Iroquois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedville
- Goodwine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Leonard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Leonard is located in Iroquois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard
- Piper City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Pitchin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Pitchin is located in Iroquois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitchin
- Sugar Island
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Sugar Island is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Island
- Woodland Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Woodland Junction is located in Iroquois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Junction
How Far From Crescent City 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 village such as Crescent City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Crescent City and extending to:
- Watseka, which is the Seat of Iroquois County, lies just to the East.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 116 miles [186.7 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Crescent City to Springfield, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 587 miles [944.7 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,244 miles [10,048.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,980 miles [11,233.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,861 miles [7,823 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Crescent City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Crescent City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Crescent City 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 Crescent City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7718, Longitude: -87.8563 In this case, the coordinates for Crescent City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.584 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.343 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.99 degrees. |
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