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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 Hillery, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hillery 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 Hillery:
- 40.132131, -87.696688
- 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 Hillery
- 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 Vermilion County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Vermilion County
- Since Hillery is near Vermillion County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Vermillion 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 Hillery
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hillery ...
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.
- Belgium
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Belgium is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgium
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Brothers
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Brothers is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brothers
- Bucktown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bucktown is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown
- Danville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Denmark ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Glenburn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Grape Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Grape Creek is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Creek
- Hartshorn
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hartshorn is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartshorn
- Kellyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kellyville is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellyville
How Far From Hillery 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 Hillery to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hillery and extending to:
- Danville, which is the Seat of Vermilion County, lies just to the East.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 106 miles [170.6 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Hillery to Springfield, with an average speed<3>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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 573 miles [922.2 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 6,269 miles [10,089 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,003 miles [11,270.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,883 miles [7,858.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hillery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Hillery 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 Hillery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1321, Longitude: -87.6967 In this case, the coordinates for Hillery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.474 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.128 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.089 degrees. |
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