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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 Limerick, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Limerick 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 Limerick:
- 41.494854, -89.466393
- 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 Limerick
- 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 Bureau County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bureau County
- Since Limerick is near Lee County and also Whiteside County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Whiteside 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 Limerick
Communities Also Named Limerick ...
We found twelve communities that are also named Limerick.
Within Illinois, the name Limerick is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, nine are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Liberty County
- This Limerick is located in Liberty County and lies 802 miles [1,290.7 km]<1> to the southeast of the Limerick that is located in Bureau County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Liberty County community of Limerick.
- Kansas
- Pottawatomie 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 Kansas community of Limerick [Pottawatomie County].
- Maine
- York County
- This Limerick is located in York County and lies 959 miles [1,543.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Limerick that is located in Bureau County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Limerick.
- Michigan
- Grand Traverse 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 Michigan community of Limerick [Grand Traverse County].
- Mississippi
- Yazoo County
- This Limerick is located in Yazoo County and lies 606 miles [975.3 km]<1> to the south of the Limerick that is located in Bureau County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yazoo County community of Limerick.
- New Brunswick
- This Limerick lies 1,162 miles [1,870.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Limerick that is located in Bureau County.
- New York
- Jefferson County
- This Limerick is located in Jefferson County and lies 701 miles [1,128.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Limerick that is located in Bureau County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Limerick.
- Ohio
- Jackson County
- This Limerick is located in Jackson County and lies 389 miles [626 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Limerick that is located in Bureau County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Limerick.
- Ontario
- This Limerick lies 758 miles [1,219.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Limerick that is located in Bureau County.
- Pennsylvania
- Montgomery County
- This Limerick is located in Montgomery County and lies 732 miles [1,178 km]<1> to the east of the Limerick that is located in Bureau County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Limerick.
- Saskatchewan
- This Limerick lies 984 miles [1,583.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Limerick that is located in Bureau County.
- South Carolina
- Berkeley County
- This Limerick is located in Berkeley County and lies 782 miles [1,258.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Limerick that is located in Bureau County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkeley County community of Limerick.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Limerick ...
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.
- Cherry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Coal Hollow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Coal Hollow is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hollow
- Deer Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dover
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Greenoak
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ladd
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Maytown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Maytown is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maytown
- Normandy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Normandy is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy
- Ohio
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Walnut
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Limerick to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Limerick to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Limerick and extending to:
- Princeton, which is the Seat of Bureau County, lies just to the South.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 118 miles [189.9 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Limerick to Springfield, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 678 miles [1,091.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,268 miles [10,087.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,009 miles [11,279.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,895 miles [7,877.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Limerick) 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 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 Limerick 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 Limerick 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 Limerick. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4949, Longitude: -89.4664 In this case, the coordinates for Limerick have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.657 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.672 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.583 degrees. |
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