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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 Penfield, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Penfield 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 Penfield:
- 40.303630, -87.945285
- 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 Penfield
- 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 Champaign County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Champaign County
- Since Penfield is near Vermilion County and also Ford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Vermilion County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ford 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 Penfield
Communities Also Named Penfield ...
We found eight communities that are also named Penfield.
Within Illinois, the name Penfield is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Greene County
- This Penfield is located in Greene County and lies 528 miles [849.7 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Penfield that is located in Champaign County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Penfield.
- Kansas
- Labette County
- This Penfield is located in Labette County and lies 456 miles [733.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Penfield that is located in Champaign County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Labette County community of Penfield.
- Osage 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 Penfield [Osage County].
- Michigan
- Calhoun 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 Penfield [Calhoun County].
- New York
- Monroe County
- This Penfield is located in Monroe County and lies 573 miles [922.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Penfield that is located in Champaign County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Penfield.
- Ohio
- Lorain County
- This Penfield is located in Lorain County and lies 310 miles [498.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Penfield that is located in Champaign County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lorain County community of Penfield.
- Pennsylvania
- Clearfield County
- This Penfield is located in Clearfield County and lies 493 miles [793.4 km]<1> to the east of the Penfield that is located in Champaign County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clearfield County community of Penfield.
- Delaware County
- This Penfield is located in Delaware County and lies 667 miles [1,073.4 km] to the east of the Penfield that is located in Champaign County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Penfield.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Penfield ...
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.
- Blue Grass ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Grass is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Grass
- Clarence
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Clarence is located in Ford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarence
- Dailey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Dailey is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
- Flatville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gerald
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Gerald is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerald
- Gray Ford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Gray Ford is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Ford
- Hope
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hope is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Jamesburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Jamesburg is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamesburg
- Royal
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sellers
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sellers is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sellers
How Far From Penfield 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 Penfield to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Penfield and extending to:
- Urbana, which is the Seat of Champaign County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Penfield to Urbana, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 97 miles [156.1 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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 588 miles [946.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,270 miles [10,090.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,005 miles [11,273.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,885 miles [7,861.6 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- Penfield) 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 Penfield 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 Penfield 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 Penfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3036, Longitude: -87.9453 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.638 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.34 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.161 degrees. |
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