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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 Lanesville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lanesville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Lanesville:
    • 39.852545, -89.348978
    • 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 Lanesville
  • 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 Lanesville ...

We found seven communities that share the name Lanesville.

Within Illinois, the name Lanesville is unique.

Beyond Illinois, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Connecticut
      • Litchfield County
      • This Lanesville is located in Litchfield County and lies 840 miles [1,351.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lanesville that is located in Sangamon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Litchfield County community of Lanesville.
    • Indiana
      • Harrison County
      • This Lanesville is located in Harrison County and lies 212 miles [341.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Lanesville that is located in Sangamon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Lanesville.
    • Louisiana
      • Webster Parish
      • 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 Louisiana community of Lanesville [Webster Parish].
    • Massachusetts
      • Essex County
      • This Lanesville is located in Essex County and lies 987 miles [1,588.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lanesville that is located in Sangamon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Essex County community of Lanesville.
    • New York
      • Greene County
      • This Lanesville is located in Greene County and lies 800 miles [1,287.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lanesville that is located in Sangamon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Lanesville.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Lanesville lies 1,371 miles [2,206.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lanesville that is located in Sangamon County.
    • Virginia
      • King William County
      • This Lanesville is located in King William County and lies 683 miles [1,099.2 km]<1> to the east of the Lanesville that is located in Sangamon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the King William County community of Lanesville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lanesville ...

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.

  • Berry
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry
    • Berry is located in Sangamon County
  • Bolivia
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivia
    • Bolivia is located in Christian County
  • Buffalo
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Clear Lake
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clear Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
    • Clear Lake is located in Sangamon County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
  • Cornland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Grove City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grove City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove City
    • Grove City is located in Christian County
  • Lake Fork
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Mechanicsburg
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)

How Far From Lanesville 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 Lanesville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lanesville and extending to:

  • Springfield, which is the Seat of Sangamon County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Lanesville to Springfield, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 16 miles [25.7 km] to the west southwest (WSW). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 659 miles [1,060.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,344 miles [10,209.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,081 miles [11,395.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,962 miles [7,985.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lanesville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Sangamon County: www.co.sangamon.il.us/

The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Lanesville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lanesville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8525, Longitude: -89.3490       In this case, the coordinates for Lanesville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Lanesville 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>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Lanesville 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 315.552 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.325 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.951 degrees.




 

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