Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Hillcrest, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hillcrest and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Hillcrest
- 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 Hillcrest:
- 39.785588, -88.279770
- 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 Hillcrest
- 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 Hillcrest is near Champaign County and also Piatt County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Champaign County
- eBird sighting report for Piatt 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 Hillcrest ...
We found 86 communities that share the name Hillcrest.
There are three communities within Illinois that are also named Hillcrest.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another 83 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 83 communities, 83 are located in the United States and five are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Illinois ...
- Calhoun County
- Cook County
- Ogle County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Calhoun County
- This Hillcrest is located in Calhoun County and lies 440 miles [708.1 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Hillcrest.
- Coffee County
- This Hillcrest is located in Coffee County and lies 599 miles [964 km] to the south southeast of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coffee County community of Hillcrest.
- Montgomery County
- This Hillcrest is located in Montgomery County and lies 522 miles [840.1 km] to the south southeast of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Hillcrest.
- Perry County
- This Hillcrest is located in Perry County and lies 508 miles [817.5 km] to the south of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Hillcrest.
- Pike County
- This Hillcrest is located in Pike County and lies 573 miles [922.2 km] to the south southeast of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Hillcrest.
- Tuscaloosa County
- This Hillcrest is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 457 miles [735.5 km] to the south of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Hillcrest.
- Arkansas
- Johnson County
- This Hillcrest is located in Johnson County and lies 406 miles [653.4 km]<2> to the southwest of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Hillcrest.
- Mississippi County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Hillcrest [Mississippi County].
- Pulaski County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Hillcrest [Pulaski County].
- British Columbia
- This Hillcrest lies 1,842 miles [2,964.4 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- California
- Los Angeles County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Hillcrest [Los Angeles County].
- San Diego County
- This Hillcrest is located in San Diego County and lies 1,671 miles [2,689.2 km]<2> to the west of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Diego County community of Hillcrest.
- Shasta County
- This Hillcrest is located in Shasta County and lies 1,760 miles [2,832.4 km] to the west northwest of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shasta County community of Hillcrest.
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Dougherty County
- This Hillcrest is located in Dougherty County and lies 609 miles [980.1 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dougherty County community of Hillcrest.
- Oconee County
- This Hillcrest is located in Oconee County and lies 488 miles [785.4 km] to the southeast of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconee County community of Hillcrest.
- Troup County
- This Hillcrest is located in Troup County and lies 493 miles [793.4 km] to the south southeast of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Troup County community of Hillcrest.
- Hawaii
- This Hillcrest lies 4,190 miles [6,743.2 km]<2> to the west of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- Idaho
- Indiana
- Allen County
- This Hillcrest is located in Allen County and lies 186 miles [299.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Hillcrest.
- Bartholomew County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Hillcrest [Bartholomew County].
- Harrison County
- This Hillcrest is located in Harrison County and lies 159 miles [255.9 km] to the southeast of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Hillcrest.
- Madison County
- This Hillcrest is located in Madison County and lies 140 miles [225.3 km] to the east of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Hillcrest.
- Porter County
- This Hillcrest is located in Porter County and lies 135 miles [217.3 km] to the north northeast of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Porter County community of Hillcrest.
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- This Hillcrest is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 622 miles [1,001 km]<2> to the east of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Hillcrest.
- Cecil County
- This Hillcrest is located in Cecil County and lies 662 miles [1,065.4 km] to the east of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cecil County community of Hillcrest.
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Gogebic County
- This Hillcrest is located in Gogebic County and lies 472 miles [759.6 km]<2> to the north of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gogebic County community of Hillcrest.
- Kent County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Hillcrest [Kent County].
- Roscommon County
- This Hillcrest is located in Roscommon County and lies 369 miles [593.8 km] to the north northeast of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roscommon County community of Hillcrest.
- Mississippi
- Monroe County
- This Hillcrest is located in Monroe County and lies 411 miles [661.4 km]<2> to the south of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Hillcrest.
- Oktibbeha County
- This Hillcrest is located in Oktibbeha County and lies 436 miles [701.7 km] to the south of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oktibbeha County community of Hillcrest.
- New Jersey
- Camden County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Hillcrest [Camden County].
- Mercer County
- This Hillcrest is located in Mercer County and lies 713 miles [1,147.5 km]<2> to the east of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Hillcrest.
- Passaic County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Hillcrest [Passaic County].
- Warren County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Hillcrest [Warren County].
- New York
- Allegany County
- This Hillcrest is located in Allegany County and lies 553 miles [890 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegany County community of Hillcrest.
- Broome County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Hillcrest [Broome County].
- Rockland County
- This Hillcrest is located in Rockland County and lies 752 miles [1,210.2 km] to the east of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockland County community of Hillcrest.
- North Carolina
- Davidson County
- This Hillcrest is located in Davidson County and lies 515 miles [828.8 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davidson County community of Hillcrest.
- Hoke County
- This Hillcrest is located in Hoke County and lies 598 miles [962.4 km] to the east southeast of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hoke County community of Hillcrest.
- Orange County
- This Hillcrest is located in Orange County and lies 561 miles [902.8 km] to the east southeast of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Hillcrest.
- Union County
- This Hillcrest is located in Union County and lies 539 miles [867.4 km] to the southeast of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Hillcrest.
- Watauga County
- This Hillcrest is located in Watauga County and lies 435 miles [700.1 km] to the east southeast of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Watauga County community of Hillcrest.
- Nova Scotia
- This Hillcrest lies 1,380 miles [2,220.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- Ohio
- Columbiana County
- This Hillcrest is located in Columbiana County and lies 406 miles [653.4 km]<2> to the east of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbiana County community of Hillcrest.
- Stark County
- This Hillcrest is located in Stark County and lies 384 miles [618 km] to the east northeast of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stark County community of Hillcrest.
- Trumbull County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Hillcrest [Trumbull County].
- Warren County
- This Hillcrest is located in Warren County and lies 215 miles [346 km] to the east of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Hillcrest.
- Wayne County
- This Hillcrest is located in Wayne County and lies 342 miles [550.4 km] to the east northeast of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Hillcrest.
- Williams County
- This Hillcrest is located in Williams County and lies 232 miles [373.4 km] to the east northeast of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williams County community of Hillcrest.
- Ontario
- This Hillcrest lies 720 miles [1,158.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County
- This Hillcrest is located in Allegheny County and lies 437 miles [703.3 km]<2> to the east of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Hillcrest.
- Beaver County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Hillcrest [Beaver County].
- Mercer County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Hillcrest [Mercer County].
- York County
- This Hillcrest is located in York County and lies 613 miles [986.5 km] to the east of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Hillcrest.
- South Carolina
- Darlington County
- This Hillcrest is located in Darlington County and lies 585 miles [941.5 km]<2> to the southeast of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Darlington County community of Hillcrest.
- Florence County
- This Hillcrest is located in Florence County and lies 605 miles [973.7 km] to the southeast of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Florence County community of Hillcrest.
- Spartanburg County
- This Hillcrest is located in Spartanburg County and lies 482 miles [775.7 km] to the southeast of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Hillcrest.
- Sumter County
- This Hillcrest is located in Sumter County and lies 585 miles [941.5 km] to the southeast of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumter County community of Hillcrest.
- Tennessee
- Coffee County
- This Hillcrest is located in Coffee County and lies 321 miles [516.6 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coffee County community of Hillcrest.
- Cumberland County
- This Hillcrest is located in Cumberland County and lies 317 miles [510.2 km] to the southeast of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Hillcrest.
- Dickson County
- This Hillcrest is located in Dickson County and lies 264 miles [424.9 km] to the south of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dickson County community of Hillcrest.
- Hamblen County
- This Hillcrest is located in Hamblen County and lies 367 miles [590.6 km] to the southeast of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamblen County community of Hillcrest.
- Marshall County
- This Hillcrest is located in Marshall County and lies 310 miles [498.9 km] to the south southeast of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Hillcrest.
- Roane County
- This Hillcrest is located in Roane County and lies 334 miles [537.5 km] to the southeast of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roane County community of Hillcrest.
- Sullivan County
- This Hillcrest is located in Sullivan County and lies 386 miles [621.2 km] to the southeast of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Hillcrest.
- Texas
- Brazoria County
- This Hillcrest is located in Brazoria County and lies 818 miles [1,316.4 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brazoria County community of Hillcrest.
- Colorado County
- This Hillcrest is located in Colorado County and lies 837 miles [1,347 km] to the southwest of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colorado County community of Hillcrest.
- Floyd County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Floyd County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of Hillcrest.
- Wichita County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Hillcrest [Wichita County].
- Utah
- Virginia
- Cumberland County
- This Hillcrest is located in Cumberland County and lies 562 miles [904.5 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Hillcrest.
- Goochland County
- This Hillcrest is located in Goochland County and lies 581 miles [935 km] to the east southeast of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Goochland County community of Hillcrest.
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Marion County
- This Hillcrest is located in Marion County and lies 432 miles [695.2 km]<2> to the east of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Hillcrest.
- Wood County
- This Hillcrest is located in Wood County and lies 363 miles [584.2 km] to the east of the Hillcrest that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Hillcrest.
- Wisconsin
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hillcrest ...
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
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- 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
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Chicken Bristle
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicken Bristle
- Chicken Bristle is located in Douglas County
- Ficklin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Hindsboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hindsboro
- Hindsboro is located in Douglas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hindsboro <5>
- Hugo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Jimtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest) - Mackville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Meadowview
(Less than 2 miles 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 Hillcrest 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 Hillcrest to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hillcrest and extending to:
- Tuscola, which is the Seat of Douglas County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 72 miles [115.9 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Hillcrest to Springfield, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 4 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 603 miles [970.4 km] to the east (E). Driving 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 6,308 miles [10,151.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,042 miles [11,333 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,922 miles [7,921.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hillcrest. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Hillcrest 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Hillcrest) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hillcrest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7856, Longitude: -88.2798 In this case, the coordinates for Hillcrest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Hillcrest, 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 Hillcrest 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 314.85 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.51 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.458 degrees. |