Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Marengo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Marengo and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Marengo
- 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 Marengo:
- 42.248305, -88.600816
- 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 Marengo
- 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 McHenry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for McHenry County
- Since Marengo is near Boone County and also Kane County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Boone County
- eBird sighting report for Kane 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 Marengo ...
We found seventeen communities that share the name Marengo.
Within Illinois, the name Marengo is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- California
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Michigan
- Nebraska
- New York
- Ohio
- Lucas County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Lucas County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lucas County community of Marengo.
- Morrow County
- This Marengo is located in Morrow County and lies 326 miles [524.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Marengo that is located in McHenry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morrow County community of Marengo.
- Pennsylvania
- Saskatchewan
- This Marengo lies 1,179 miles [1,897.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Marengo that is located in McHenry County.
- Tennessee
- Virginia
- Washington
- Adams County
- This Marengo is located in Adams County and lies 1,481 miles [2,383.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Marengo that is located in McHenry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Marengo.
- Columbia County
- This Marengo is located in Columbia County and lies 1,459 miles [2,348 km] to the west northwest of the Marengo that is located in McHenry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Marengo.
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Marengo ...
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.
- Charter Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charter Grove
- Charter Grove is located in DeKalb County
- Coral
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Crystal Gardens
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crystal Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Gardens
- Crystal Gardens is located in McHenry County
- Crystal Vista
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crystal Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Vista
- Crystal Vista is located in McHenry County
- Garden Prairie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Prairie
- Garden Prairie is located in Boone County
- Population from the 2010 Census: 352 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Garden Prairie <5>
- Harmony
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Hartland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast) - Harvard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harvard have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard
- Harvard is located in McHenry County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,979 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harvard <5>
- Herbert
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Indian Trails
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Trails have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Trails
- Indian Trails is located in McHenry County
- Reeds Crossing ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reeds Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Crossing
- Reeds Crossing is located in Boone County
- Union
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Union is located in McHenry County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 548 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Union <5>
How Far From Marengo 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 city such as Marengo to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Marengo and extending to:
- Woodstock, which is the Seat of McHenry County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Marengo to Woodstock, with an average speed<6> 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.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 178 miles [286.5 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 648 miles [1,042.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,199 miles [9,976.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,941 miles [11,170.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,827 miles [7,768.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Marengo: www.cityofmarengo.com/
The official website for McHenry County: www.co.mchenry.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- Marengo) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Marengo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2483, Longitude: -88.6008 In this case, the coordinates for Marengo 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 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 Marengo 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> | 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 Marengo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Marengo to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.08 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.118 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.943 degrees. |