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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 Whitefield, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Whitefield 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 Whitefield:
- 41.148648, -89.504815
- 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 Whitefield
- 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 Bureau County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bureau County
- Since Whitefield is near Marshall County and also Putnam County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall 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 Whitefield
Communities Also Named Whitefield ...
We found nine communities that are also named Whitefield.
Within Illinois, the name Whitefield is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Lincoln County
- This Whitefield is located in Lincoln County and lies 504 miles [811.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Whitefield that is located in Bureau County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Whitefield.
- Iowa
- Jefferson County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Whitefield [Jefferson County].
- Kansas
- Shawnee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Whitefield [Shawnee County].
- Maine
- Lincoln County
- This Whitefield is located in Lincoln County and lies 1,028 miles [1,654.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Whitefield that is located in Bureau County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Whitefield.
- Montana
- Missoula County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Whitefield [Missoula County].
- New Hampshire
- Coos County
- This Whitefield is located in Coos County and lies 933 miles [1,501.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Whitefield that is located in Bureau County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coos County community of Whitefield.
- Oklahoma
- Haskell County
- This Whitefield is located in Haskell County and lies 512 miles [824 km]<1> to the southwest of the Whitefield that is located in Bureau County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Haskell County community of Whitefield.
- South Carolina
- Spartanburg County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Whitefield [Spartanburg County].
- Virginia
- Salem City
- This Whitefield is located in Salem City and lies 571 miles [918.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Whitefield that is located in Bureau County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salem City community of Whitefield.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Whitefield ...
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.
- Bureau Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bureau Junction is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bureau Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 297 people
- Bureau Junction has also been known as:
- Bureau
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bureau Junction <4>
- Henry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hopewell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hopewell is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 394 people
- Indian Spring
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Indian Spring is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Spring
- Lone Tree Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lone Tree Corners is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Tree Corners
- Morse ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Morse is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse
- Providence
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Providence is located in Bureau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Sparland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Walnut Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Walnut Grove is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
How Far From Whitefield to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Whitefield to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Whitefield and extending to:
- Princeton, which is the Seat of Bureau County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Whitefield to Princeton, 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 94 miles [151.3 km] to the south (S). 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 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 676 miles [1,087.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,286 miles [10,116.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,027 miles [11,308.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,911 miles [7,903.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 from Point A (ie- Whitefield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Whitefield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Whitefield 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. |
| <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 Whitefield 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 Whitefield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1486, Longitude: -89.5048 In this case, the coordinates for Whitefield have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.679 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.649 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.694 degrees. |
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