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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 Barrington Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Barrington Center 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 Barrington Center:
- 42.110581, -88.194245
- 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 Barrington Center
- 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 Kane County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kane County
- Since Barrington Center is near Cook County and also Lake County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cook 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 Barrington Center
Communities Also Named Barrington Center ...
We found two communities that are also named Barrington Center.
There is one other community in Illinois that is also named Barrington Center.
Beyond Illinois, there is another community also named Barrington Center in the United States.
- Communities Located In Illinois ...
- Cook 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 Illinois community of Barrington Center [Cook County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Rhode Island
- Bristol 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 Rhode Island community of Barrington Center [Bristol County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Barrington Center ...
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.
- Bishops Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bishops Ridge is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishops Ridge
- Carpentersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Chapel Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chapel Hill is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Cuba
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cuba is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Deer Chase
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Deer Chase is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Chase
- Deer Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Deer Lake is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lake
- Deer Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fox River Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Illinois Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Illinois Park is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinois Park
- Lake-in-the-Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Park Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Park Hill is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Hill
- Pepper Tree
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pepper Tree is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepper Tree
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Quail Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Quail Run is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Run
- Quentin Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Quentin Corners is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quentin Corners
- Ravens Wing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ravens Wing is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravens Wing
- Ski Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ski Hill is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ski Hill
- Sleepy Hollow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Squires
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Squires is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squires
- Tall Trees
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Tall Trees is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Trees
- Trout Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Trout Valley is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 508 people
How Far From Barrington Center 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 Barrington Center to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Barrington Center and extending to:
- Geneva, which is the Seat of Kane County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Barrington Center to Geneva, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 177 miles [284.9 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 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 625 miles [1,005.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 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 6,932 miles [11,156 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,817 miles [7,752.2 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 Barrington Center 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Barrington Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Barrington Center 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 Barrington Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1106, Longitude: -88.1942 In this case, the coordinates for Barrington Center have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.808 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.789 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.779 degrees. |
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