Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Fillmore, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fillmore and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Fillmore
- 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 Fillmore:
- 39.713366, -88.381163
- 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 Fillmore
- 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 Douglas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Douglas County
- Since Fillmore is near Piatt County and also Moultrie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Piatt County
- eBird sighting report for Moultrie 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 Fillmore ...
We found 27 communities that share the name Fillmore.
There is one other community in Illinois which is also named Fillmore.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another 26 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 26 communities, 26 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Illinois ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Los Angeles 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 California community of Fillmore [Los Angeles County].
- Ventura County
- This Fillmore is located in Ventura County and lies 1,713 miles [2,756.8 km]<1> to the west of the Fillmore that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ventura County community of Fillmore.
- Georgia
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Ballard 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 Kentucky community of Fillmore [Ballard County].
- Carlisle County
- This Fillmore is located in Carlisle County and lies 192 miles [309 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Fillmore that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carlisle County community of Fillmore.
- Lee County
- This Fillmore is located in Lee County and lies 298 miles [479.6 km] to the east southeast of the Fillmore that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Fillmore.
- Louisiana
- Michigan
- Allegan County
- This Fillmore is located in Allegan County and lies 240 miles [386.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Fillmore that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegan County community of Fillmore.
- Macomb County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Macomb County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macomb County community of Fillmore.
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- Centre County
- This Fillmore is located in Centre County and lies 558 miles [898 km]<1> to the east of the Fillmore that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Centre County community of Fillmore.
- Indiana County
- This Fillmore is located in Indiana County and lies 480 miles [772.5 km] to the east of the Fillmore that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Indiana County community of Fillmore.
- Saskatchewan
- This Fillmore lies 1,014 miles [1,631.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Fillmore that is located in Douglas County.
- Utah
- Wisconsin
- California
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fillmore ...
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.
- Arthur
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arthur have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Arthur is located in Douglas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,192 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arthur <5>
- Bourbon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Chicken Bristle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicken Bristle
- Chicken Bristle is located in Douglas County
- Cooks Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Mills
- Cooks Mills is located in Coles County
- Ficklin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Fuller
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Hillcrest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Humboldt
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt
- Humboldt is located in Coles County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 414 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Humboldt <5>
- Mackville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Meadowview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowview have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
- Meadowview is located in Douglas County
How Far From Fillmore 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 Fillmore to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Fillmore once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Fillmore and extending to:
- Tuscola, which is the Seat of Douglas County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 67 miles [107.8 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Fillmore to Springfield, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 608 miles [978.5 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 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,315 miles [10,163 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,049 miles [11,344.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,929 miles [7,932.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
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- Fillmore) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fillmore. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7134, Longitude: -88.3812 In this case, the coordinates for Fillmore 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 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 Fillmore 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> | 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 Fillmore, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Fillmore 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 314.915 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.574 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.525 degrees. |