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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 Sunbury, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sunbury 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 Sunbury:
- 41.100211, -88.527906
- 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 Sunbury
- 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 Livingston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Livingston County
- Since Sunbury is near Grundy County and also La Salle County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grundy County
- Open the eBird sighting report for La Salle 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 Sunbury
Communities Also Named Sunbury ...
We found ten communities that are also named Sunbury.
Within Illinois, the name Sunbury is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, seven are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
- This Sunbury lies 1,750 miles [2,816.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Sunbury that is located in Livingston County.
- Georgia
- Liberty County
- This Sunbury is located in Liberty County and lies 759 miles [1,221.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Sunbury that is located in Livingston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Liberty County community of Sunbury.
- Iowa
- Cedar County
- This Sunbury is located in Cedar County and lies 130 miles [209.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Sunbury that is located in Livingston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cedar County community of Sunbury.
- New Brunswick
- This Sunbury lies 1,166 miles [1,876.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Sunbury that is located in Livingston County.
- New Jersey
- Burlington 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 New Jersey community of Sunbury [Burlington County].
- North Carolina
- Gates County
- This Sunbury is located in Gates County and lies 716 miles [1,152.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Sunbury that is located in Livingston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gates County community of Sunbury.
- Ohio
- Delaware County
- This Sunbury is located in Delaware County and lies 302 miles [486 km]<1> to the east of the Sunbury that is located in Livingston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Sunbury.
- Montgomery County
- This Sunbury is located in Montgomery County and lies 241 miles [387.9 km] to the east southeast of the Sunbury that is located in Livingston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Sunbury.
- Ontario
- This Sunbury lies 653 miles [1,050.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Sunbury that is located in Livingston County.
- Pennsylvania
- Northumberland County
- This Sunbury is located in Northumberland County and lies 612 miles [984.9 km]<1> to the east of the Sunbury that is located in Livingston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northumberland County community of Sunbury.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sunbury ...
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.
- Blair
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Blair is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Budd
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Campus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dwight
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Katy Did
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Katy Did is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katy Did
- Kinsman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Manville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Manville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manville
- Nevada
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Nevada is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada
- New Michigan ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- New Michigan is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Michigan
- Ransom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Sunbury 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 Sunbury to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sunbury and extending to:
- Pontiac, which is the Seat of Livingston County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sunbury to Pontiac, 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 108 miles [173.8 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 626 miles [1,007.4 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,253 miles [10,063.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,991 miles [11,250.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,874 miles [7,843.9 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 from Point A (ie- Sunbury) 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 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 Sunbury 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 Sunbury 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 Sunbury. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1002, Longitude: -88.5279 In this case, the coordinates for Sunbury have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.029 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.898 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.227 degrees. |
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