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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 Seatonville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Seatonville 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 Seatonville:
    • 41.364696, -89.274086
    • 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 Seatonville
  • 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 Seatonville ...

We found two communities that share the name Seatonville.

Within Illinois, the name Seatonville is unique.

Beyond Illinois, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Jefferson County
      • This Seatonville is located in Jefferson County and lies 299 miles [481.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the Seatonville that is located in Bureau County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Seatonville.
    • Michigan
      • Mason 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 Seatonville [Mason County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Seatonville ...

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.

  • Bureau Junction
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bureau Junction
    • Bureau Junction is located in Bureau County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 297 people
    • Bureau Junction has also been known as:
    • Bureau
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bureau Junction <3>
  • Cherry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry
    • Cherry is located in Bureau County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 448 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cherry <3>
  • Coal Hollow
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coal Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hollow
    • Coal Hollow is located in Bureau County
  • Dover
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dover have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
    • Dover is located in Bureau County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover <3>
  • Hicks Corners
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hicks Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Corners
    • Hicks Corners is located in Bureau County
  • Ladd
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladd
    • Ladd is located in Bureau County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,184 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ladd <3>
  • Mark
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mark have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark
    • Mark is located in Putnam County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 546 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mark <3>
  • Peru
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
    • Peru is located in La Salle County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,612 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Peru <3>
  • Spring Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
    • Spring Valley is located in Bureau County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,065 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spring Valley <3>
  • Standard
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)

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

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

  • Princeton, which is the Seat of Bureau County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Seatonville to Princeton, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 111 miles [178.6 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 667 miles [1,073.4 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,267 miles [10,085.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,008 miles [11,278.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,893 miles [7,874.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Seatonville. 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Seatonville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Seatonville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3647, Longitude: -89.2741       In this case, the coordinates for Seatonville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Seatonville 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>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.
<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 Seatonville 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 315.527 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.505 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.523 degrees.




 

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