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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 Batavia Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Batavia Junction 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 Batavia Junction:
- 41.795307, -88.240626
- 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 Batavia Junction
- 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 DuPage County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for DuPage County
- Since Batavia Junction is near Kane County and also Will County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kane County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Will 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 Batavia Junction
Curious and Interesting Names Near Batavia Junction ...
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.
- Aurora
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Crossing is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossing
- Exposition View
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Exposition View is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exposition View
- Heatherstone
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Heatherstone is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatherstone
- Heaton Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Heaton Park is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaton Park
- Heritage West
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Heritage West is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage West
- Hunters Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hunters Ridge is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Ridge
- Marywood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Marywood is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marywood
- Mooseheart
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Old Sawmill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Old Sawmill is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Sawmill
- Prairie Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Prairie Ridge is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Ridge
- Randall Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Randall Hills is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall Hills
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- South Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- South Park is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Park
- Stillwater
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Stillwater is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
- Tanglewood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tanglewood is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
- Wheatland View
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wheatland View is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland View
- Woodlake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Woodlake is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlake
How Far From Batavia Junction 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 community such as Batavia Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Batavia Junction and extending to:
- Wheaton, which is the Seat of DuPage County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 157 miles [252.7 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Batavia Junction to Springfield, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 622 miles [1,001 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,208 miles [9,990.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,948 miles [11,181.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,832 miles [7,776.4 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Batavia Junction) 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 Batavia Junction 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 Batavia Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7953, Longitude: -88.2406 In this case, the coordinates for Batavia Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.84 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.781 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.892 degrees. |
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