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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 Ashburn, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ashburn 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 Ashburn:
- 41.747533, -87.711163
- 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 Ashburn
- 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 Cook County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cook County
- Since Ashburn is near DuPage County and also Lake County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for DuPage County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake 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 Ashburn
Communities Also Named Ashburn ...
We found seven communities that are also named Ashburn.
Within Illinois, the name Ashburn is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Glynn County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Ashburn [Glynn County].
- Turner County
- This Ashburn is located in Turner County and lies 728 miles [1,171.6 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Ashburn that is located in Cook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Turner County community of Ashburn.
- Worth County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Ashburn [Worth County].
- Missouri
- Pike County
- This Ashburn is located in Pike County and lies 236 miles [379.8 km]<2> to the southwest of the Ashburn that is located in Cook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Ashburn.
- Ontario
- This Ashburn lies 467 miles [751.6 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Ashburn that is located in Cook County.
- Tennessee
- Robertson County
- This Ashburn is located in Robertson County and lies 357 miles [574.5 km]<2> to the south of the Ashburn that is located in Cook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Robertson County community of Ashburn.
- Virginia
- Loudoun County
- This Ashburn is located in Loudoun County and lies 568 miles [914.1 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Ashburn that is located in Cook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Loudoun County community of Ashburn.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ashburn ...
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 Limits
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Archer Limits is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer Limits
- Back of the Yards
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Back of the Yards is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Back of the Yards
- Beverly
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Beverly is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
- Bridgeview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Clearing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Clearing is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearing
- Evergreen Park
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Forest View
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gage Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Gage Park is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage Park
- Glenn
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Glenn is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn
- Grand Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Grand Crossing is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Crossing
- Hazel Green
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hazel Green is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green
- Hometown
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Italian Bowery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Italian Bowery is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italian Bowery
- Mexico
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mexico is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Mount Greenwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mount Greenwood is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Greenwood
- New City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- New City is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City
- New Patch
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- New Patch is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Patch
- Poverty Row
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Poverty Row is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poverty Row
- Roseland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Roseland is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
- Sleepy Hollow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sleepy Hollow is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
- Whiskey Row
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Whiskey Row is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiskey Row
- Worth
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Ashburn 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 Ashburn to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ashburn and extending to:
- Chicago, which is the Seat of Cook County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Ashburn to Chicago, with an average speed<4> 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 169 miles [272 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 594 miles [956 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,191 miles [9,963.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,930 miles [11,152.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,813 miles [7,745.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Ashburn 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ashburn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Ashburn 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 Ashburn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7475, Longitude: -87.7112 In this case, the coordinates for Ashburn have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.488 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.373 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.644 degrees. |
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