Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Arlington Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Arlington Heights and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Arlington Heights
- 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 Arlington Heights:
- 39.819772, -89.601488
- 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 Arlington Heights
- 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 Sangamon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Sangamon County
- Since Arlington Heights is near Menard County and also Logan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Menard County
- eBird sighting report for Logan 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 Arlington Heights ...
We found nineteen communities that share the name Arlington Heights.
There is one other community in Illinois which is also named Arlington Heights.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Illinois ...
- Cook County
- This Arlington Heights is located in Cook County and lies 178 miles [286.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Arlington Heights that is located in Sangamon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Arlington Heights.
- Cook County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Los Angeles County
- This Arlington Heights is located in Los Angeles County and lies 1,626 miles [2,616.8 km]<1> to the west of the Arlington Heights that is located in Sangamon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Arlington Heights.
- Connecticut
- New Haven County
- Although located in New Haven County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Haven County community of Arlington Heights.
- Florida
- Duval 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 Florida community of Arlington Heights [Duval County].
- Hillsborough County
- This Arlington Heights is located in Hillsborough County and lies 913 miles [1,469.3 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Arlington Heights that is located in Sangamon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Arlington Heights.
- Kansas
- Shawnee 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 Kansas community of Arlington Heights [Shawnee County].
- Kentucky
- Franklin 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 Kentucky community of Arlington Heights [Franklin County].
- Massachusetts
- Middlesex County
- This Arlington Heights is located in Middlesex County and lies 972 miles [1,564.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Arlington Heights that is located in Sangamon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Arlington Heights.
- Ohio
- Hamilton County
- This Arlington Heights is located in Hamilton County and lies 277 miles [445.8 km]<1> to the east of the Arlington Heights that is located in Sangamon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Arlington Heights.
- Trumbull County
- This Arlington Heights is located in Trumbull County and lies 462 miles [743.5 km] to the east northeast of the Arlington Heights that is located in Sangamon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trumbull County community of Arlington Heights.
- Washington County
- This Arlington Heights is located in Washington County and lies 432 miles [695.2 km] to the east of the Arlington Heights that is located in Sangamon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Arlington Heights.
- Pennsylvania
- Monroe County
- This Arlington Heights is located in Monroe County and lies 759 miles [1,221.5 km]<1> to the east of the Arlington Heights that is located in Sangamon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Arlington Heights.
- Texas
- Harris County
- This Arlington Heights is located in Harris County and lies 770 miles [1,239.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Arlington Heights that is located in Sangamon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Arlington Heights.
- Nueces County
- This Arlington Heights is located in Nueces County and lies 944 miles [1,519.2 km] to the south southwest of the Arlington Heights that is located in Sangamon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nueces County community of Arlington Heights.
- Tarrant 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 Arlington Heights [Tarrant County].
- Utah
- Weber County
- This Arlington Heights is located in Weber County and lies 1,173 miles [1,887.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Arlington Heights that is located in Sangamon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Arlington Heights.
- Virginia
- Arlington County
- This Arlington Heights is located in Arlington County and lies 670 miles [1,078.3 km]<1> to the east of the Arlington Heights that is located in Sangamon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Arlington County community of Arlington Heights.
- Lynchburg City
- 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 Virginia community of Arlington Heights [Lynchburg City].
- Washington
- Snohomish County
- This Arlington Heights is located in Snohomish County and lies 1,697 miles [2,731.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Arlington Heights that is located in Sangamon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Snohomish County community of Arlington Heights.
- California
Curious and Interesting Names Near Arlington Heights ...
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.
- Archer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Clear Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clear Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Clear Lake is located in Sangamon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Cody
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Grandview
(Less than 2 miles to the west) - Green Acres
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Green Acres is located in Sangamon County
- Jerome
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Jess
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Mildred
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Peabody
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Shale Bluff
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shale Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shale Bluff
- Shale Bluff is located in Sangamon County
How Far From Arlington Heights to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Arlington Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Arlington Heights and extending to:
- Springfield, which is the Seat of Sangamon County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies just to the southwest (SW).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 673 miles [1,083.1 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Arlington Heights to White House, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 39 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,355 miles [10,227.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,092 miles [11,413.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,974 miles [8,004.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Arlington Heights. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Sangamon County: www.co.sangamon.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 drawn from Point A (ie- Arlington Heights) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Arlington Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8198, Longitude: -89.6015 In this case, the coordinates for Arlington Heights 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 Arlington Heights 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 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. |
| <5> | 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 Arlington Heights to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.718 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.51 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.08 degrees. |