Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Rileyville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rileyville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Rileyville
- 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 Rileyville:
- 37.850604, -88.672835
- 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 Rileyville
- 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 Williamson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Williamson County
- Since Rileyville is near Saline County and also Franklin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Saline County
- eBird sighting report for Franklin 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Rileyville ...
We found five communities that share the name Rileyville.
There is one other community in Illinois which is also named Rileyville.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Illinois ...
- Saline County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Rileyville [Saline County].
- Saline County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Harlan County
- This Rileyville is located in Harlan County and lies 314 miles [505.3 km]<2> to the east of the Rileyville that is located in Williamson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harlan County community of Rileyville.
- New Jersey
- Hunterdon County
- This Rileyville is located in Hunterdon County and lies 763 miles [1,227.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Rileyville that is located in Williamson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hunterdon County community of Rileyville.
- Pennsylvania
- Wayne County
- This Rileyville is located in Wayne County and lies 760 miles [1,223.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Rileyville that is located in Williamson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Rileyville.
- Virginia
- Page County
- This Rileyville is located in Page County and lies 560 miles [901.2 km]<2> to the east of the Rileyville that is located in Williamson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Page County community of Rileyville.
- Kentucky
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rileyville ...
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.
- Cornerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerville
- Cornerville is located in Saline County
- Crab Orchard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crab Orchard have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crab Orchard
- Crab Orchard is located in Williamson County
- Delta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Dorrisville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dorrisville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorrisville
- Dorrisville is located in Saline County
- Greenville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Greenville is located in Franklin County
- Halltown ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Harrisburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Harrisburg is located in Saline County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,404 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harrisburg <4>
- Liberty
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Liberty is located in Saline County
- Locust Grove ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Locust Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Locust Grove is located in Franklin County
- Long Branch
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
- Long Branch is located in Saline County
- Muddy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muddy
- Muddy is located in Saline County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Muddy <4>
- Rural Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rural Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Hill
- Rural Hill is located in Hamilton County
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- Rust
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Smothersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smothersville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smothersville
- Smothersville is located in Franklin County
- Tuckers Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tuckers Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckers Corners
- Tuckers Corners is located in Hamilton County
- University
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University
- University is located in Hamilton County
- Rust
How Far From Rileyville 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 Rileyville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rileyville and extending to:
- Marion, which is the Seat of Williamson County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Rileyville to Marion, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 143 miles [230.1 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 633 miles [1,018.7 km] to the east (E). Driving 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 6,417 miles [10,327.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,146 miles [11,500.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,024 miles [8,085.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rileyville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rileyville 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rileyville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rileyville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8506, Longitude: -88.6728 In this case, the coordinates for Rileyville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Rileyville 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 315.053 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.474 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.124 degrees. |