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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 Long Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Long Creek 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 Long Creek:
    • 39.809572, -88.844979
    • 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 Long Creek
  • 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 Long Creek ...

We found seven communities that share the name Long Creek.

Within Illinois, the name Long Creek is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New Brunswick
      • This Long Creek lies 1,236 miles [1,989.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Long Creek that is located in Macon County.
    • North Carolina
      • Pender County
      • This Long Creek is located in Pender County and lies 701 miles [1,128.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Long Creek that is located in Macon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pender County community of Long Creek.
    • Oregon
      • Grant County
      • This Long Creek is located in Grant County and lies 1,573 miles [2,531.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Long Creek that is located in Macon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Long Creek.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This Long Creek lies 1,357 miles [2,183.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Long Creek that is located in Macon County.
    • South Dakota
      • Lincoln 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 South Dakota community of Long Creek [Lincoln County].
    • Tennessee
      • Cocke County
      • This Long Creek is located in Cocke County and lies 412 miles [663 km]<1> to the southeast of the Long Creek that is located in Macon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cocke County community of Long Creek.
      • Macon County
      • This Long Creek is located in Macon County and lies 269 miles [432.9 km] to the southeast of the Long Creek that is located in Macon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Long Creek.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Long Creek ...

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.

  • Bethany
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bethany have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
    • Bethany is located in Moultrie County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,210 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bethany <4>
  • Boody
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Bulldog Crossing
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bulldog Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulldog Crossing
    • Bulldog Crossing is located in Macon County
  • Burrowsville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrowsville
    • Burrowsville is located in Piatt County
  • Harristown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harristown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harristown
    • Harristown is located in Macon County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,278 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harristown <4>
  • Lake City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
    • Lake City is located in Moultrie County
  • Larkdale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Larkdale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larkdale
    • Larkdale is located in Macon County
  • Longview Place
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Longview Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview Place
    • Longview Place is located in Macon County
  • Prairie Hall
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie Hall have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Hall
    • Prairie Hall is located in Macon County

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

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

  • Decatur, which is the Seat of Macon County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 42 miles [67.6 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Long Creek to Springfield, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 633 miles [1,018.7 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,328 miles [10,183.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,063 miles [11,366.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,944 miles [7,956.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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

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

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Long Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Long Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8096, Longitude: -88.8450    
<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 Long Creek 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 Long Creek 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 315.22 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.938 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.721 degrees.




 

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