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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 Metamora, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Metamora 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 Metamora:
- 40.795230, -89.367491
- 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 Metamora
- 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 Woodford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Woodford County
- Since Metamora is near Tazewell County and also Peoria County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tazewell County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Peoria 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 Metamora
Communities Also Named Metamora ...
We found four communities that are also named Metamora.
Within Illinois, the name Metamora is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Franklin County
- This Metamora is located in Franklin County and lies 241 miles [387.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Metamora that is located in Woodford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Metamora.
- Michigan
- Lapeer County
- This Metamora is located in Lapeer County and lies 345 miles [555.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Metamora that is located in Woodford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lapeer County community of Metamora.
- Ohio
- Fulton County
- This Metamora is located in Fulton County and lies 290 miles [466.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Metamora that is located in Woodford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Metamora.
- Pennsylvania
- Lehigh 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 Pennsylvania community of Metamora [Lehigh County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Metamora ...
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.
- Cooper
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cooper is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Deer Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Eureka
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Farmdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Farmdale is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmdale
- Harvard Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harvard Hills is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard Hills
- Hickory Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Point is located in Woodford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Point
- Long Shore Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Long Shore Park is located in Peoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Shore Park
- Low Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Low Point is located in Woodford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Point
- Mossville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Spring Bay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Spring Bay is located in Woodford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 456 people
- Sunnyland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Metamora 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 village such as Metamora to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Metamora and extending to:
- Eureka, which is the Seat of Woodford County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 71 miles [114.3 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Metamora to Springfield, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 4 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 666 miles [1,071.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,299 miles [10,137.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,038 miles [11,326.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,921 miles [7,919.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Metamora) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Metamora 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 Metamora 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 Metamora. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7952, Longitude: -89.3675 In this case, the coordinates for Metamora have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.583 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.49 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.719 degrees. |
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