Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Union Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Union Hill and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Union Hill
- 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 Union Hill:
- 41.108533, -88.146798
- 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 Union Hill
- 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 Kankakee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Kankakee County
- Since Union Hill is near Grundy County and also Livingston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Grundy County
- eBird sighting report for Livingston 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 Union Hill ...
We found 47 communities that share the name Union Hill.
There is one other community in Illinois which is also named Union Hill.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another 46 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Illinois ...
- Saint Clair County
- This Union Hill is located in Saint Clair County and lies 199 miles [320.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Union Hill that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Union Hill.
- Saint Clair County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Chambers County
- This Union Hill is located in Chambers County and lies 577 miles [928.6 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Union Hill that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chambers County community of Union Hill.
- Cleburne County
- This Union Hill is located in Cleburne County and lies 543 miles [873.9 km] to the south southeast of the Union Hill that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cleburne County community of Union Hill.
- Cullman County
- This Union Hill is located in Cullman County and lies 478 miles [769.3 km] to the south of the Union Hill that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cullman County community of Union Hill.
- Limestone County
- This Union Hill is located in Limestone County and lies 426 miles [685.6 km] to the south of the Union Hill that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Limestone County community of Union Hill.
- Morgan County
- This Union Hill is located in Morgan County and lies 473 miles [761.2 km] to the south of the Union Hill that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Union Hill.
- Arkansas
- Independence County
- This Union Hill is located in Independence County and lies 425 miles [684 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Union Hill that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Independence County community of Union Hill.
- Montgomery County
- This Union Hill is located in Montgomery County and lies 550 miles [885.1 km] to the southwest of the Union Hill that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Union Hill.
- Saint Francis County
- This Union Hill is located in Saint Francis County and lies 442 miles [711.3 km] to the south southwest of the Union Hill that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Francis County community of Union Hill.
- Scott County
- This Union Hill is located in Scott County and lies 524 miles [843.3 km] to the southwest of the Union Hill that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Union Hill.
- California
- Nevada County
- This Union Hill is located in Nevada County and lies 1,730 miles [2,784.2 km]<1> to the west of the Union Hill that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nevada County community of Union Hill.
- Sierra County
- This Union Hill is located in Sierra County and lies 1,721 miles [2,769.7 km] to the west of the Union Hill that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sierra County community of Union Hill.
- Georgia
- Cherokee County
- This Union Hill is located in Cherokee County and lies 519 miles [835.2 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Union Hill that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Union Hill.
- Grady County
- This Union Hill is located in Grady County and lies 729 miles [1,173.2 km] to the south southeast of the Union Hill that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grady County community of Union Hill.
- Putnam County
- This Union Hill is located in Putnam County and lies 603 miles [970.4 km] to the south southeast of the Union Hill that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Union Hill.
- Stephens County
- This Union Hill is located in Stephens County and lies 527 miles [848.1 km] to the south southeast of the Union Hill that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stephens County community of Union Hill.
- Louisiana
- Rapides Parish
- This Union Hill is located in Rapides Parish and lies 743 miles [1,195.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Union Hill that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rapides Parish community of Union Hill.
- Winn Parish
- This Union Hill is located in Winn Parish and lies 682 miles [1,097.6 km] to the south southwest of the Union Hill that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winn Parish community of Union Hill.
- Massachusetts
- Worcester County
- This Union Hill is located in Worcester County and lies 845 miles [1,359.9 km]<1> to the east of the Union Hill that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Union Hill.
- Minnesota
- Scott County
- This Union Hill is located in Scott County and lies 366 miles [589 km]<1> to the northwest of the Union Hill that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Union Hill.
- Mississippi
- Union County
- This Union Hill is located in Union County and lies 459 miles [738.7 km]<1> to the south of the Union Hill that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Union Hill.
- New Jersey
- Morris County
- This Union Hill is located in Morris County and lies 709 miles [1,141 km]<1> to the east of the Union Hill that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morris County community of Union Hill.
- New Mexico
- Grant County
- This Union Hill is located in Grant County and lies 1,235 miles [1,987.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Union Hill that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Union Hill.
- New York
- Monroe County
- This Union Hill is located in Monroe County and lies 570 miles [917.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Union Hill that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Union Hill.
- North Carolina
- Henderson County
- This Union Hill is located in Henderson County and lies 506 miles [814.3 km]<1> to the southeast of the Union Hill that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Union Hill.
- Surry County
- This Union Hill is located in Surry County and lies 507 miles [815.9 km] to the southeast of the Union Hill that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Surry County community of Union Hill.
- Yadkin County
- This Union Hill is located in Yadkin County and lies 532 miles [856.2 km] to the southeast of the Union Hill that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yadkin County community of Union Hill.
- Oklahoma
- Pontotoc County
- This Union Hill is located in Pontotoc County and lies 638 miles [1,026.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Union Hill that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pontotoc County community of Union Hill.
- Pennsylvania
- Carbon County
- This Union Hill is located in Carbon County and lies 649 miles [1,044.5 km]<1> to the east of the Union Hill that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carbon County community of Union Hill.
- Susquehanna County
- This Union Hill is located in Susquehanna County and lies 649 miles [1,044.5 km] to the east of the Union Hill that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Susquehanna County community of Union Hill.
- Tennessee
- Clay County
- This Union Hill is located in Clay County and lies 341 miles [548.8 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Union Hill that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Union Hill.
- Davidson County
- This Union Hill is located in Davidson County and lies 337 miles [542.3 km] to the south southeast of the Union Hill that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davidson County community of Union Hill.
- Henderson 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 Tennessee community of Union Hill [Henderson County].
- Jackson County
- This Union Hill is located in Jackson County and lies 362 miles [582.6 km] to the south southeast of the Union Hill that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Union Hill.
- Lawrence County
- This Union Hill is located in Lawrence County and lies 417 miles [671.1 km] to the south of the Union Hill that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Union Hill.
- Overton County
- This Union Hill is located in Overton County and lies 365 miles [587.4 km] to the south southeast of the Union Hill that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Overton County community of Union Hill.
- Sevier County
- This Union Hill is located in Sevier County and lies 437 miles [703.3 km] to the southeast of the Union Hill that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sevier County community of Union Hill.
- Tipton County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Union Hill [Tipton County].
- Texas
- Bell County
- This Union Hill is located in Bell County and lies 862 miles [1,387.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Union Hill that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bell County community of Union Hill.
- Bosque 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 Texas community of Union Hill [Bosque County].
- Denton County
- This Union Hill is located in Denton County and lies 725 miles [1,166.8 km] to the southwest of the Union Hill that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Denton County community of Union Hill.
- Fannin County
- This Union Hill is located in Fannin County and lies 690 miles [1,110.4 km] to the southwest of the Union Hill that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fannin County community of Union Hill.
- Henderson County
- This Union Hill is located in Henderson County and lies 733 miles [1,179.6 km] to the southwest of the Union Hill that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Union Hill.
- Upshur County
- This Union Hill is located in Upshur County and lies 685 miles [1,102.4 km] to the southwest of the Union Hill that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Upshur County community of Union Hill.
- Washington County
- This Union Hill is located in Washington County and lies 889 miles [1,430.7 km] to the southwest of the Union Hill that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Union Hill.
- Virginia
- Amherst County
- This Union Hill is located in Amherst County and lies 545 miles [877.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Union Hill that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Amherst County community of Union Hill.
- Buckingham County
- This Union Hill is located in Buckingham County and lies 579 miles [931.8 km] to the east southeast of the Union Hill that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buckingham County community of Union Hill.
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Union Hill ...
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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Braidwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braidwood
- Braidwood is located in Will County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,148 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Braidwood <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Braidwood
- From Union Hill to Braidwood
- Campus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Campus have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campus
- Campus is located in Livingston County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 157 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Campus <4>
- Centerville ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centerville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Centerville is located in Grundy County
- Dickeys
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Flickerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flickerville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flickerville
- Flickerville is located in Kankakee County
- Greenwich
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east) - Irwin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Limestone
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east) - Pilot Center ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pilot Center have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Center
- Pilot Center is located in Kankakee County
- Resthaven
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
How Far From Union Hill 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 Union Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Union Hill and extending to:
- Kankakee, which is the Seat of Kankakee County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Union Hill to Kankakee, 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 four to five hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 120 miles [193.1 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 606 miles [975.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,238 miles [10,039.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,976 miles [11,226.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,859 miles [7,819.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Union Hill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Kankakee County: www.co.kankakee.il.us/
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' (or 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- Union Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Union Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1085, Longitude: -88.1468 |
| <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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Union Hill 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> | 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 Union Hill 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 314.777 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.611 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.038 degrees. |