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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 Bancroft Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bancroft Corners and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Bancroft Corners:
    • 42.421132, -87.862018
    • 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 Bancroft Corners
  • 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 Lake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
    • Since Bancroft Corners is near Kenosha County and also McHenry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kenosha County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for McHenry 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 Bancroft Corners

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bancroft Corners ...

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.

  • Carol Beach
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Carol Beach is located in Kenosha County (WI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carol Beach
  • Dunes Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Dunes Park is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunes Park
  • Five Points
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Five Points is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Gages Lake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Great Lakes
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Harris Corners
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Harris Corners is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Corners
  • Hickory Corners
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Hickory Corners is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corners
  • Idlewild
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Idlewild is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
  • Old Mill Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Park City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Park City is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,428 people
    • Pleasant Prairie
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Pleasant Prairie is located in Kenosha County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Prairie
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,373 people
    • Third Lake
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Timber Ridge
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Timber Ridge is located in Kenosha County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Ridge
    • Wildwood
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Wildwood is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
    • Zion
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Zion is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,321 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zion <1>

How Far From Bancroft Corners 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 Bancroft Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Bancroft Corners and extending to:

  • Waukegan, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 204 miles [328.3 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Bancroft Corners to Springfield, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 616 miles [991.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,164 miles [9,920 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,905 miles [11,112.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,790 miles [7,708.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Bancroft Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Bancroft Corners 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 Bancroft Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4211, Longitude: -87.8620       In this case, the coordinates for Bancroft Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.584 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.578 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.522 degrees.