Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Gilmore, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gilmore and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Gilmore
- 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 Gilmore:
- 38.977824, -89.620089
- 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 Gilmore
- 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 Bond County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Bond County
- Since Gilmore is near Madison County and also Montgomery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Madison County
- eBird sighting report for Montgomery 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 Gilmore ...
We found nineteen communities that share the name Gilmore.
There is one other community in Illinois which is also named Gilmore.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Illinois ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Florida
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Kansas
- Maryland
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- Ohio
- Columbiana County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Columbiana County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbiana County community of Gilmore.
- Tuscarawas County
- This Gilmore is located in Tuscarawas County and lies 444 miles [714.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Gilmore that is located in Bond County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscarawas County community of Gilmore.
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- Fayette County
- This Gilmore is located in Fayette County and lies 526 miles [846.5 km]<1> to the east of the Gilmore that is located in Bond County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Gilmore.
- McKean County
- This Gilmore is located in McKean County and lies 615 miles [989.7 km] to the east northeast of the Gilmore that is located in Bond County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McKean County community of Gilmore.
- Washington County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Gilmore [Washington County].
- Tennessee
- Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gilmore ...
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.
- Eagarville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagarville
- Eagarville is located in Macoupin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eagarville <4>
- Elm Point ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Green Castle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Castle have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Castle
- Green Castle is located in Madison County
- Greenville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Greenville is located in Bond County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,365 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenville <4>
- Highland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Highland is located in Madison County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,017 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Highland <4>
- Paisley Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paisley Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paisley Corners
- Paisley Corners is located in Bond County
- Panama
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Panama have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panama
- Panama is located in Montgomery County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Panama <4>
- Pocahontas
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
- Pocahontas is located in Bond County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 720 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pocahontas <4>
- Stubblefield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stubblefield have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stubblefield
- Stubblefield is located in Bond County
How Far From Gilmore to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Gilmore to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Gilmore and extending to:
- Greenville, which is the Seat of Bond County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Gilmore to Greenville, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 55 miles [88.5 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 675 miles [1,086.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,398 miles [10,296.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,132 miles [11,477.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,012 miles [8,066 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Gilmore. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov
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 from Point A (ie- Gilmore) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Gilmore. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9778, Longitude: -89.6201 In this case, the coordinates for Gilmore have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Gilmore, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Gilmore 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <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 Gilmore 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 315.706 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.381 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.294 degrees. |