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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 Belmont Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Belmont Park 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 Belmont Park:
    • 41.933921, -87.752836
    • 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 Belmont Park
  • 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 Belmont Park 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 Belmont Park

Communities Also Named Belmont Park ...

We found six communities that are also named Belmont Park.

Within Illinois, the name Belmont Park is unique.

Beyond Illinois, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This Belmont Park lies 1,777 miles [2,859.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Belmont Park that is located in Cook County.
    • Ohio
      • Trumbull County
      • This Belmont Park is located in Trumbull County and lies 369 miles [593.8 km]<1> to the east of the Belmont Park that is located in Cook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trumbull County community of Belmont Park.
    • Texas
      • Potter County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Belmont Park [Potter County].
    • Virginia
      • Fairfax County
      • This Belmont Park is located in Fairfax County and lies 599 miles [964 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Belmont Park that is located in Cook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Belmont Park.
      • Loudoun County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Belmont Park [Loudoun County].
    • West Virginia
      • Cabell County
      • This Belmont Park is located in Cabell County and lies 373 miles [600.3 km]<1> to the southeast of the Belmont Park that is located in Cook County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cabell County community of Belmont Park.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Belmont Park ...

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.

  • Bricktown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Bricktown is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bricktown
  • California Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • California Park is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California Park
  • Galewood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Galewood is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galewood
  • Grayland
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Grayland is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayland
  • Humboldt
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Humboldt is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt
  • Humboldt Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Humboldt Park is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt Park
  • Maplewood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Maplewood is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
  • Martin Luther
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Martin Luther is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Luther
  • Portage Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Portage Park is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage Park
  • Ravenswood Gardens
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Ravenswood Gardens is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenswood Gardens
  • Six Corners
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Six Corners is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Corners
  • Whiskey Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Whiskey Point is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiskey Point

How Far From Belmont Park 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 Belmont Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Belmont Park and extending to:

  • Chicago, which is the Seat of Cook County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 178 miles [286.5 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Belmont Park 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 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 600 miles [965.6 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,184 miles [9,952.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,923 miles [11,141.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,807 miles [7,736.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Belmont Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Belmont Park 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.
<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 Belmont Park 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 Belmont Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9339, Longitude: -87.7528       In this case, the coordinates for Belmont Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.515 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.43 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.61 degrees.