Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Lively Grove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lively Grove and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Lively Grove

• 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 Lively Grove:
  • 38.306438, -89.611482
  • 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 Lively Grove

• 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
  • Since Lively Grove is near Saint Clair County and also Randolph County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Clair County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Randolph 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 Lively Grove

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lively Grove ...

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
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Blair is located in Randolph County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
• Eden
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Eden is located in Randolph County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
• Freeburg
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Freeburg is located in Saint Clair County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburg
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,223 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Freeburg <1>
• Frogtown
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Frogtown is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
• Jamestown
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Jamestown is located in Perry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
• Kampenville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Kampenville is located in Randolph County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kampenville
• Layfield
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Layfield is located in Perry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layfield
• Plum Hill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Plum Hill is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Hill
• Rice
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Rice is located in Perry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice
• Stone Church
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Stone Church is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Church
• Todds Mill
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Todds Mill is located in Perry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todds Mill

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lively Grove and extending to:

• Nashville, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Lively Grove to Nashville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
• Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 101 miles [162.5 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 679 miles [1,092.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,431 miles [10,349.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,163 miles [11,527.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,042 miles [8,114.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'