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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 Walkerville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Walkerville 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 Walkerville:
    • 39.386577, -90.495743
    • 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 Walkerville
  • 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 Walkerville ...

We found seven communities that share the name Walkerville.

Within Illinois, the name Walkerville is unique.

Beyond Illinois, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, five are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Columbia County
      • This Walkerville is located in Columbia County and lies 462 miles [743.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Walkerville that is located in Greene County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Walkerville.
    • Indiana
      • Shelby County
      • This Walkerville is located in Shelby County and lies 252 miles [405.6 km]<1> to the east of the Walkerville that is located in Greene County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Walkerville.
    • Iowa
      • Page 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 Iowa community of Walkerville [Page County].
    • Michigan
      • Oceana County
      • This Walkerville is located in Oceana County and lies 374 miles [601.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Walkerville that is located in Greene County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oceana County community of Walkerville.
    • Montana
      • Silver Bow County
      • This Walkerville is located in Silver Bow County and lies 1,203 miles [1,936 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Walkerville that is located in Greene County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Silver Bow County community of Walkerville.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Walkerville lies 1,541 miles [2,480 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Walkerville that is located in Greene County.
    • Ontario
      • This Walkerville lies 440 miles [708.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Walkerville that is located in Greene County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Walkerville ...

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.

  • Bee Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Creek
    • Bee Creek is located in Pike County
  • Belltown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown
    • Belltown is located in Greene County
  • Clark
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clark have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
    • Clark is located in Greene County
  • Grand Pass
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Pass have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Pass
    • Grand Pass is located in Greene County
  • Hanks Station
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hanks Station have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanks Station
    • Hanks Station is located in Greene County
  • Haypress
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haypress have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haypress
    • Haypress is located in Greene County
  • Hillview
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hillview have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillview
    • Hillview is located in Greene County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hillview <4>
  • Hurricane ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hurricane have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
    • Hurricane is located in Greene County
  • Kampsville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Old Pearl
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Pearl have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Pearl
    • Old Pearl is located in Pike County
  • Pearl
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Roodhouse
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Woody
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woody
    • Woody is located in Greene County

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

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

  • Carrollton, which is the Seat of Greene County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Walkerville to Springfield, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 720 miles [1,158.7 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 41 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,410 miles [10,315.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,148 miles [11,503.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,030 miles [8,095 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Walkerville. 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Walkerville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Walkerville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3866, Longitude: -90.4957       In this case, the coordinates for Walkerville 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 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 Walkerville 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 Walkerville 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 316.297 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.115 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.614 degrees.




 

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