Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Barrington, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Barrington and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Barrington
- 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:
- 42.154224, -88.136085
- 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 Barrington
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Cook County
- Since Barrington is near Lake County and also Kane County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Lake 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 Barrington ...
We found eleven communities that share the name Barrington.
Within Illinois, the name Barrington is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, nine are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Los Angeles 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 California community of Barrington [Los Angeles County].
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Barrington is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,029 miles [1,656 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Barrington that is located in Cook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Barrington.
- Georgia
- Houston County
- This Barrington is located in Houston County and lies 703 miles [1,131.4 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Barrington that is located in Cook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Barrington.
- Newton County
- This Barrington is located in Newton County and lies 636 miles [1,023.5 km] to the south southeast of the Barrington that is located in Cook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Barrington.
- Maryland
- Baltimore County
- This Barrington is located in Baltimore County and lies 639 miles [1,028.4 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Barrington that is located in Cook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Barrington.
- New Hampshire
- Strafford County
- This Barrington is located in Strafford County and lies 868 miles [1,396.9 km]<2> to the east of the Barrington that is located in Cook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Strafford County community of Barrington.
- New Jersey
- Camden 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 New Jersey community of Barrington [Camden County].
- New York
- Yates County
- This Barrington is located in Yates County and lies 565 miles [909.3 km]<2> to the east of the Barrington that is located in Cook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yates County community of Barrington.
- Nova Scotia
- This Barrington lies 1,143 miles [1,839.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Barrington that is located in Cook County.
- Quebec
- This Barrington lies 754 miles [1,213.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Barrington that is located in Cook County.
- Rhode Island
- Bristol County
- This Barrington is located in Bristol County and lies 863 miles [1,388.9 km]<2> to the east of the Barrington that is located in Cook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bristol County community of Barrington.
- California
Curious and Interesting Names Near Barrington ...
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
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bishops Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishops Ridge
- Bishops Ridge is located in Lake County
- Chapel Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chapel Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Chapel Hill is located in Lake County
- Cuba
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Deer Chase
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deer Chase have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Chase
- Deer Chase is located in Lake County
- Deer Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Deer Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deer Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Deer Park is located in Lake County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,199 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deer Park <4>
- Lake Zurich
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Zurich have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Zurich
- Lake Zurich is located in Lake County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,760 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake Zurich <4>
- Park Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Quail Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Quentin Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quentin Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quentin Corners
- Quentin Corners is located in Lake County
- Ravens Wing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ravens Wing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravens Wing
- Ravens Wing is located in Lake County
- Squires
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Tall Trees
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tall Trees have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Trees
- Tall Trees is located in Lake County
How Far From Barrington to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a village such as Barrington to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Barrington and extending to:
- Chicago, which is the Seat of Cook County, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Barrington to Chicago, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 181 miles [291.3 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 623 miles [1,002.6 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,187 miles [9,957 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,928 miles [11,149.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,813 miles [7,745.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Barrington: www.ci.barrington.il.us/
The official website for Cook County: www.co.cook.il.us/
The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Barrington) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Barrington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1542, Longitude: -88.1361 |
| <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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.769 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.751 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.737 degrees. |