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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 Streator, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Streator 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 Streator:
- 41.120913, -88.835447
- 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 Streator
- 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 La Salle County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for La Salle County
- Since Streator is near Livingston County and also Marshall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Livingston County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall 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 Streator
Communities Also Named Streator ...
We found one communities that are also named Streator.
Within Illinois, the name Streator is unique.
Beyond Illinois, there is another community also named Streator in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Thomas 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 Kansas community of Streator [Thomas County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Streator ...
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.
- Coalville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Grand Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Manville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Manville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manville
- Munster
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- New Michigan ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Michigan is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Michigan
- Otter ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Otter is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter
- Reading
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Reading is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- Richards
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Richards is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richards
- Sandy Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Ford is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ford
How Far From Streator 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 city such as Streator to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Streator and extending to:
- Ottawa, which is the Seat of La Salle County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Streator to Ottawa, with an average speed<4> 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 four to five hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 101 miles [162.5 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 642 miles [1,033.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,263 miles [10,079.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,002 miles [11,268.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,886 miles [7,863.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Streator 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Streator) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Streator 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 Streator. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1209, Longitude: -88.8354 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.233 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.135 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.372 degrees. |
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