Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Harmon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Harmon and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Harmon
- 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 Harmon:
- 41.719397, -89.556149
- 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 Harmon
- 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 Lee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Lee County
- Since Harmon is near Whiteside County and also Bureau County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Whiteside County
- eBird sighting report for Bureau 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 Harmon ...
We found nineteen communities that share the name Harmon.
Within Illinois, the name Harmon is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Bibb County
- This Harmon is located in Bibb County and lies 612 miles [984.9 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Harmon that is located in Lee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bibb County community of Harmon.
- Houston County
- This Harmon is located in Houston County and lies 773 miles [1,244 km] to the south southeast of the Harmon that is located in Lee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Harmon.
- Saint Clair County
- This Harmon is located in Saint Clair County and lies 594 miles [956 km] to the south southeast of the Harmon that is located in Lee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Harmon.
- Arkansas
- Boone County
- This Harmon is located in Boone County and lies 420 miles [675.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Harmon that is located in Lee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Harmon.
- Washington County
- This Harmon is located in Washington County and lies 460 miles [740.3 km] to the southwest of the Harmon that is located in Lee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Harmon.
- Colorado
- Delaware
- Georgia
- Upson County
- Although located in Upson County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Upson County community of Harmon.
- Louisiana
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Wisconsin
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Harmon ...
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.
- Amboy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Amboy have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amboy
- Amboy is located in Lee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,287 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Amboy <5>
- Deer Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deer Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Grove
- Deer Grove is located in Whiteside County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 45 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deer Grove <5>
- Lincoln Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
- Lincoln Heights is located in Lee County
- Maytown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast) - Nelson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nelson have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Nelson is located in Lee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nelson <5>
- Normandy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Ohio
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ohio have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohio
- Ohio is located in Bureau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 475 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ohio <5>
- Prairieville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairieville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieville
- Prairieville is located in Lee County
- Rock Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Falls
- Rock Falls is located in Whiteside County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,648 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rock Falls <5>
- Walnut
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Walnut is located in Bureau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,296 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walnut <5>
- Woodland Shores
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodland Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Shores
- Woodland Shores is located in Lee County
How Far From Harmon 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 village such as Harmon to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Harmon and extending to:
- Dixon, which is the Seat of Lee County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Harmon to Dixon, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 133 miles [214 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 686 miles [1,104 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 6,260 miles [10,074.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,002 miles [11,268.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,888 miles [7,866.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Harmon. 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Harmon) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Harmon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7194, Longitude: -89.5561 In this case, the coordinates for Harmon 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 Harmon, 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Harmon 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> | 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 Harmon 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 315.719 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.774 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.568 degrees. |