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 Libertyville:
37.703663, -90.288176
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 Libertyville
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 Saint Francois County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found six communities that are also named Libertyville.
Within Missouri, the name Libertyville is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Covington County
This Libertyville is located in Covington County and lies 496 miles [798.2 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Libertyville that is located in Saint Francois County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Covington County community of Libertyville.
Illinois
Lake County
This Libertyville is located in Lake County and lies 339 miles [545.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Libertyville that is located in Saint Francois County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Libertyville.
Indiana
Vigo County
This Libertyville is located in Vigo County and lies 198 miles [318.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Libertyville that is located in Saint Francois County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vigo County community of Libertyville.
Iowa
Jefferson County
This Libertyville is located in Jefferson County and lies 243 miles [391.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Libertyville that is located in Saint Francois County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Libertyville.
New Jersey
Sussex County
This Libertyville is located in Sussex County and lies 866 miles [1,393.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Libertyville that is located in Saint Francois County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Libertyville.
New York
Ulster County
This Libertyville is located in Ulster County and lies 900 miles [1,448.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Libertyville that is located in Saint Francois County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ulster County community of Libertyville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Libertyville ...
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.
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 Libertyville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Libertyville and extending to:
Farmington, which is the Seat of Saint Francois County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Libertyville to Farmington, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 118 miles [189.9 km] to the west northwest (WNW). 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 722 miles [1,161.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 41 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,486 miles [10,438.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,218 miles [11,616.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,097 miles [8,202.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Libertyville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 Libertyville 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 Libertyville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7037, Longitude: -90.2882 In this case, the coordinates for Libertyville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.091 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.65 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.898 degrees.