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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 Kempton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kempton 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 Kempton:
- 40.935367, -88.235433
- 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 Kempton
- 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 Ford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ford County
- Since Kempton is near Livingston County and also Kankakee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Livingston County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kankakee 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 Kempton
Communities Also Named Kempton ...
We found six communities that are also named Kempton.
Within Illinois, the name Kempton is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Tipton County
- This Kempton is located in Tipton County and lies 114 miles [183.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Kempton that is located in Ford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tipton County community of Kempton.
- Maryland
- Garrett County
- This Kempton is located in Garrett County and lies 477 miles [767.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Kempton that is located in Ford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garrett County community of Kempton.
- North Dakota
- Grand Forks County
- This Kempton is located in Grand Forks County and lies 662 miles [1,065.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Kempton that is located in Ford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grand Forks County community of Kempton.
- Ohio
- Allen 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 Ohio community of Kempton [Allen County].
- Pennsylvania
- Berks County
- This Kempton is located in Berks County and lies 647 miles [1,041.2 km]<1> to the east of the Kempton that is located in Ford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berks County community of Kempton.
- Wisconsin
- Eau Claire 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 Wisconsin community of Kempton [Eau Claire County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kempton ...
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.
- Blair
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Blair is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Campus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Charlotte
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Charlotte is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte
- Dickeys
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dickeys is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeys
- Dwight
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pilot Center ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pilot Center is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Center
- Piper City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Rugby
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Rugby is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
- Union Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Wing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wing is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wing
How Far From Kempton 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 Kempton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Kempton and extending to:
- Paxton, which is the Seat of Ford County, lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Kempton to Paxton, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 109 miles [175.4 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 609 miles [980.1 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,250 miles [10,058.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- 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).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,870 miles [7,837.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kempton) 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 Kempton 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 Kempton 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 Kempton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9354, Longitude: -88.2354 In this case, the coordinates for Kempton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.834 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.653 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.129 degrees. |
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