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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 Hermon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hermon 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 Hermon:
- 40.756983, -90.319848
- 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 Hermon
- 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 Knox County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Knox County
- Since Hermon is near Fulton County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren 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 Hermon
Communities Also Named Hermon ...
We found five communities that are also named Hermon.
Within Illinois, the name Hermon is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Todd County
- This Hermon is located in Todd County and lies 325 miles [523 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Hermon that is located in Knox County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Todd County community of Hermon.
- Maine
- Penobscot County
- This Hermon is located in Penobscot County and lies 1,116 miles [1,796 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hermon that is located in Knox County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Penobscot County community of Hermon.
- New York
- Saint Lawrence County
- This Hermon is located in Saint Lawrence County and lies 807 miles [1,298.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hermon that is located in Knox County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Lawrence County community of Hermon.
- Ontario
- This Hermon lies 707 miles [1,137.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hermon that is located in Knox County.
- Tennessee
- Greene 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 Tennessee community of Hermon [Greene County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hermon ...
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.
- Buckeye
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Buckeye is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Coldbrook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coldbrook is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldbrook
- Elba Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Elba Center is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba Center
- Galesburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Greenbush
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Greenbush is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
- London Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Manley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Manley is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manley
- Oak Run
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Run is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Run
- Pleasant Ridge ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Prairie City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Prairie City is located in McDonough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
- Uniontown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Uniontown is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Walnut Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Grove is located in McDonough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
How Far From Hermon 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 community such as Hermon to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hermon and extending to:
- Galesburg, which is the Seat of Knox County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Hermon to Galesburg, with an average speed<4> 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 75 miles [120.7 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 715 miles [1,150.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,335 miles [10,195.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,076 miles [11,387.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,961 miles [7,984 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hermon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 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 Hermon 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> | 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 Hermon 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 Hermon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7570, Longitude: -90.3198 In this case, the coordinates for Hermon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.217 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.212 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.196 degrees. |
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