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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 Toluca, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Toluca 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 Toluca:
- 41.003932, -89.134001
- 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 Toluca
- 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 Marshall County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall County
- Since Toluca is near La Salle County and also Putnam County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for La Salle County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Putnam 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 Toluca
Communities Also Named Toluca ...
We found six communities that are also named Toluca.
Within Illinois, the name Toluca is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Mississippi County
- This Toluca is located in Mississippi County and lies 361 miles [581 km]<1> to the south of the Toluca that is located in Marshall County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi County community of Toluca.
- Colorado
- Douglas 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 Colorado community of Toluca [Douglas County].
- Kansas
- Haskell 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 Toluca [Haskell County].
- Montana
- Big Horn County
- This Toluca is located in Big Horn County and lies 993 miles [1,598.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Toluca that is located in Marshall County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Big Horn County community of Toluca.
- North Carolina
- Cleveland County
- This Toluca is located in Cleveland County and lies 559 miles [899.6 km]<1> to the southeast of the Toluca that is located in Marshall County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cleveland County community of Toluca.
- Texas
- Hidalgo County
- This Toluca is located in Hidalgo County and lies 1,147 miles [1,845.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Toluca that is located in Marshall County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hidalgo County community of Toluca.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Toluca ...
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.
- Dana
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Evans ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Henry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Long Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Low Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Low Point is located in Woodford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Point
- Magnolia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Munster
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Porterfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Porterfield is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterfield
- Priscilla ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Rutland
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Spires
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Spires is located in Woodford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spires
How Far From Toluca 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 Toluca to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Toluca and extending to:
- Lacon, which is the Seat of Marshall County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Toluca to Lacon, 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 88 miles [141.6 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 most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 656 miles [1,055.7 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,280 miles [10,106.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,019 miles [11,296 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,903 miles [7,890.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Toluca) 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 Toluca 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 Toluca 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 Toluca. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0039, Longitude: -89.1340 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.43 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.344 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.55 degrees. |
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