Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Lake of the Woods, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lake of the Woods and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Lake of the Woods
- 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 Lake of the Woods:
- 40.206422, -88.368666
- 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 Lake of the Woods
- 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 Champaign County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Champaign County
- Since Lake of the Woods is near Piatt County and also McLean County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Piatt County
- eBird sighting report for McLean 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 Lake of the Woods ...
We found ten communities that share the name Lake of the Woods.
There are two communities within Illinois that are also named Lake of the Woods.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, eight are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Illinois ...
- Peoria 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 Illinois community of Lake of the Woods [Peoria County].
- Will County
- This Lake of the Woods is located in Will County and lies 89 miles [143.2 km]<2> to the north of the Lake of the Woods that is located in Champaign County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Lake of the Woods.
- Peoria County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Navajo County
- This Lake of the Woods is located in Navajo County and lies 1,256 miles [2,021.3 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Lake of the Woods that is located in Champaign County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Navajo County community of Lake of the Woods.
- California
- Kern County
- This Lake of the Woods is located in Kern County and lies 1,709 miles [2,750.4 km]<2> to the west of the Lake of the Woods that is located in Champaign County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kern County community of Lake of the Woods.
- Indiana
- Marshall 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 Lake of the Woods [Marshall County].
- Michigan
- Branch 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 Lake of the Woods [Branch County].
- Missouri
- Grundy 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 Missouri community of Lake of the Woods [Grundy County].
- Nova Scotia
- 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 Nova Scotia community of Lake of the Woods.
- Ontario
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- Oregon
- Klamath County
- This Lake of the Woods is located in Klamath County and lies 1,750 miles [2,816.4 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Lake of the Woods that is located in Champaign County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Klamath County community of Lake of the Woods.
- Arizona
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lake of the Woods ...
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.
- Bondville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bondville
- Bondville is located in Champaign County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 429 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bondville <3>
- Centerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centerville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Centerville is located in Piatt County
- Dewey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dewey have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewey
- Dewey is located in Champaign County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dewey <3>
- Fisher
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fisher have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
- Fisher is located in Champaign County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,911 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fisher <3>
- Galesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Galesville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galesville
- Galesville is located in Piatt County
- Harris
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west) - Lodge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest) - Lotus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lotus
- Lotus is located in Champaign County
- Prospect
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- Prospect is located in Champaign County
- Rising
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Lake of the Woods 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 Lake of the Woods to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lake of the Woods and extending to:
- Urbana, which is the Seat of Champaign County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lake of the Woods to Urbana, with an average speed<5> 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 73 miles [117.5 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,291 miles [10,124.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,026 miles [11,307.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,907 miles [7,897.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lake of the Woods. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Champaign County: www.co.champaign.il.us/
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 Lake of the Woods 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lake of the Woods) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lake of the Woods. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2064, Longitude: -88.3687 In this case, the coordinates for Lake of the Woods have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 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. |
| <6> | 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 Lake of the Woods to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.914 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.643 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.39 degrees. |