Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Goodwine, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Goodwine and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Goodwine

• 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 Goodwine:
  • 40.567771, -87.784560
  • 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 Goodwine

• 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 Goodwine is near Vermilion County and also Ford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Vermilion 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 Goodwine

Curious and Interesting Names Near Goodwine ...

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.

• Blue Grass ‑ Historic
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Blue Grass is located in Vermilion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Grass
• Clarence
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Clarence is located in Ford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarence
• Crescent City
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Crescent City is located in Iroquois County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 547 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crescent City <1>
• Fountain Creek
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Fountain Creek is located in Iroquois County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Creek
• Freeland Park
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Freeland Park is located in Benton County (IN)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeland Park
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Freeland Park
  • From Goodwine to Freeland Park
• Heaton
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Heaton is located in Vermilion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaton
• Hustle
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Hustle is located in Vermilion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustle
• Leonard
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Leonard is located in Iroquois County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard
• Pitchin
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Pitchin is located in Iroquois County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitchin
• Woodland Junction
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Woodland Junction is located in Iroquois County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Junction

How Far From Goodwine 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 Goodwine to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Goodwine and extending to:

• Watseka, which is the Seat of Iroquois County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Goodwine to Watseka, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 112 miles [180.2 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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 581 miles [935 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,251 miles [10,060 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,987 miles [11,244.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,867 miles [7,832.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'